KS2 LITERACY
WORKSHOP
24th September 2014
AIMS
To
share ways in which reading
can be developed at home
To
share strategies on how
writing can be improved at
home
In 2013, The National Literacy
Trust conducted a survey
which included 11,000
children.
Children who read daily
outside school were 5x more
likely to perform above the
expected level for their age
in reading.
READING AT HOME
Reading
aloud for a minimum
of 20 minutes a day
Breaking reading into
manageable chunks
Discussing texts- the front cover,
chapter titles, the language
Using question stems
Using the homework diary
QUESTION STEMS TO USE
 What
do you think is happening here?
 How does..... feel at this point?
 How do you know...?
 What clues are given to show...
 What does the verb ....... suggest about .........?
 True or false....
 How did ............ feelings/attitudes change in
this chapter/paragraph?
 Choose a word to describe ............. why did
you pick that word?
READING IN SCHOOL
Accelerated
Reader and
competitions
Encouraging reading for pleasure
through ERIC
Reading in registration
Listening to children read
Teaching reading strategies
Teacher/pupil dialogue about
books
WRITING IN SCHOOL
Spelling, punctuation, grammar
 Planning, editing, proofreading and drafting processes
 Modelled texts
 Sharing examples of students’
work
 Learning how to structure
different texts- e.g. diary,
newspaper report etc.

BELOW AGE-RELATED EXPECTATIONS
Dear diary
Today I was cutting some wood I hoped I’d get
twenty pounds so I went to my boss to ask for a
raise but he would’nt have any of it, so he just
decided to kick me out of the buisiness. So I decided
to look for another job.
I was very furious at my boss, but then suddenly I
heard a scream from a little cottage up the hill by
the mill. I ran to the little cottage and peacked
through the window and seen a big bad wolf.
THIS COULD BE IMPROVED BY....
Dear diary
Today I was cutting some
wood I hoped I’d get
twenty pounds so I went
to my boss to ask for a
raise but he would’nt
have any of it, so he just
decided to kick me out of
the buisiness So I decided
to look for another job.
I was very furious at my
boss, but then suddenly I
heard a scream from a
little cottage up the hill by
the mill. I ran to the little
cottage and peacked
through the window and
seen a big bad wolf.
-Some simple connectives
( and, so, but).
This student could be
encouraged to use better
connectives. For example,
using however instead of
but.
- The work could be
checked through for full
stops & commas. Commas
need to be added before
connectives like ‘but’ and
‘so.’
-Improving sentence
openers with adverbs
would improve this piece
of work too.
AGE-RELATED EXPECTATIONS
Want to be the height of fashion? Then order these now!
Holes is a comfortable but fashionable shoe; read on to
find out why to order a pair of these brain-blowing
shoes!
Breathing is no problem, to feet, while your wearing
holes, tiny little air spaces let your feet breath freely.
Comfortable walking soles pad your feet while on the
go making you feel a new bouncy spring in your step.
As well as the comfortable padding they come in eyeblasting colours for every occasion. ‘These shoes are
great for my constant training; I’m really going for gold
in these.’ quoted Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis.
AGE-RELATED EXPECTATIONS
Want to be the height of
fashion? Then order these
now! Holes is a
comfortable but
fashionable shoe; read
on to find out why to
order a pair of these
brain-blowing shoes!
Breathing is no problem,
to feet, while your
wearing holes, tiny little
air spaces let your feet
breath freely.
Comfortable walking
soles pad your feet while
on the go making you
feel a new bouncy spring
in your step.
-Some ambitious adjectives
like ‘brain-blowing’ have
been used, however, the
word ‘comfortable’ is
repeated 3 times. Synonyms
could be used instead or
other ambitious adjectives.
-Proper nouns need to have
capital letters.
-Inaccurate grammar ‘ why
to order.’ If read out loud,
the error can be heard
instantly. This sentence
could be re-written..
ABOVE AGE-RELATED EXPECTATIONS
Should children choose their own bedtime?
In Maths we have been working on a data project
on what time children go to bed. In years 5 and 6,
76% of children, in this school, have a set bedtime
(mean is 8.30pm), whilst 24% don’t. We asked
children in years 5 and 6 if they should be free to
choose their own bedtime or should they leave it
to adults to decide. This is what they thought.
On one hand, some children think they should get
to choose because it gives them more idea of how
to be responsible and it lets them show they can
be trusted.
ABOVE AGE-RELATED EXPECTATIONS
Should children choose their
own bedtime?
In Maths we have been
working on a data project on
what time children go to bed. In
years 5 and 6, 76% of children, in
this school, have a set bedtime
(mean is 8.30pm), whilst 24%
don’t. We asked children in
years 5 and 6 if they should be
free to choose their own
bedtime or should they leave it
to adults to decide. This is what
they thought.
On one hand, some children
think they should get to choose
because it gives them more idea
of how to be responsible and it
lets them show they can be
trusted.
This student uses a good
range of punctuation,
they should be
encouraged to use semicolons, dashes, and the
full range.
A wider range of
subordinate connectives
could be used to further
enhance the work- for
example, despite, since
etc.
A wider range of devices
could be used to support
the text- anecdotes, list of
three, quotes from
authority figures etc.