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My students need to revise the ways they can access texts through reading. / Reading Strategies / A list of 9 key reading strategies that students should learn how and when to use /
I have taught the reading skills required from the framework objectives but they are not embedded in my students’ learning. / Key Objectives Banks / Lots of suggestions for teaching the reading objectives and ways of assessing students understanding so you can be sure if the learning is embedded / Download for free from
I’d like to monitor my students’ progression in reading. / Reading Assessment Sheets / Plot your students reading progression via and easy to use tick sheet /
I’d like my students to be able to respond to a text without as much ‘Teacher Talk’ about a text. / Reading Boxes / Statements which promote high quality oral work amongst students when reading a text. Students have to decide whether they agree or disagree with the statements. Easy to differentiate for all abilities /
I’d like my students to have a repertoire of words and phrases to explain the writer’s techniques. / Reflecting on Reading Mats / Can be linked to the Reading Boxes or used on their own. A set of mats with statements about texts with choices that describe the effects of the techniques used by the writer. /
I have weaker students who need targeted support for reading / Literacy Progress Units / Sequence of lessons following Revise, Model, Try, Apply, and Secure sequence.
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I need to give my students different starter sentences to help them use PEEL to respond to a text / Reading Paper Tips Mat / A colourful reading mat which helps students to formulate their reading answers /
I’m looking for something to help my students work independently on their own readers. / Activity Bookmarks / Colourful bookmarks which ask questions of the reader. Great to use with reading journals /
Reading Journal Ideas / Lots of ideas for independent activities
I want my students to be aware of the full range of ‘hooks’ which writers use. / Books need good hooks / A great card sort to get students talking about writer’s hooks /
I’d like to group my students by their reading need and work with them. / Guided and Group Reading / See this section of our website to decide the type of reading groups that are most suitable for your students and Schemes of Work. Lots of practical resources and well as research based information /
I want to refresh my own teaching reading repertoire to try some new reading activities / 50 Reading Activities / Lots of new ideas (or ideas you haven’t used for a while) for teaching reading /
I want some new ideas for readers for my students / Reading Lists / Lists of recommended reads from teachers all over the East of England /
I’d like my students to know the difference between Narrative Voice and Authorial Voice / Narrative Poster / A colourful explanation of two types of voice within a fiction text /
I’d like to explicitly model and articulate my approaches to reading / Good Readers Mat/Poster / A great way to look at the thought processes that go on behind reading /
I’d like my students to audit their reading styles / Me as a reader Mat/Poster / Students can answer the questions to get a sense of their reading preferences /
I’d like a SoW where the focus is on reading prep for the Year 9 tests. / Priory Reading SoW / Written by the English Advisor for schools who want a route through the preparation for the reading paper and want to re-use the previous year’s papers / ?
I want my students to know about the Year 9 test Assessment Focuses / When you read do you? / A poster showing all the Assessment Focuses for the Reading Paper /
I want my students to think about their reasons for reading / Reading Mat / A colourful and attractive reading mat with questions which ask students to think about their purposes for reading /
I want my students to learn useful generic points to look for when responding to any given text / CAPELO Poster
PAFF Poster / Acronyms to help student decide what to look for. You choose the most suitable for your students /