English skills: an easier life for teachers

The ‘English skills: an easier life for teachers‘ session is designed to enable staff to:

• list the nine GCSE English assessment objectives (AOs)
• identify these AOs in practice and map them against core expert/independent learning skills
• use their understanding of the AOs to develop innovative approaches to embedding literacy development in schemes of work
• reflect on the writing of lesson objectives to include the development of expert-learner (and so GCSE English) skills.

Session resources

• Feedback & rewards
• Quality Standard – 10 steps to success – Wiki.docx
• Contextualised GCSE English materials – Wiki.docx

Reflection resources

• English skills – an easier life for teachers – handout.docx
• English skills: an easier life for teachers – Presentation
• English assessment comparison and link to expert learning skills.pdf
• Contextualised GCSE English materials – blank
• Contextualised GCSE English materials – HSC
• Quality Standard: 10 steps to success – completed
• Evidence that Brian knows what he’s talking about

Other resources you may find useful

• Taxonomy Teams strategy
• T4.1 Draft rubric for outstanding lesson planning
• T4.2 Example lesson plan – blank
• T4.3 Example lesson plan – GCSE English Childcare Resource

Have your say:

Did the session help you understand how commonplace teaching habits can reduce or deny the development of learners’ independent learning skills? Are you now able to see how you can constructively review your own practice? Please use the comments form to the right to leave us your thoughts. Are you experimenting with learners’ independent learning skills, and would you be willing to share your ideas for the benefit of others? Please use the email address on the Contact page and we’d be delighted to add your example to our growing resource.