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Are you new to or returning to teaching and looking for support with English?
This series of 6 modules will provide the support, inspiration and personal development to teach English with confidence.
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Welcome to the course

  1. A message from the instructor
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  2. Before you get started...

Module 1: Progression in Grammar

  1. Reflection
  2. Progression in grammar skills activity
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  3. Progression in grammar skills - The National Curriculum
  4. Curriculum Quiz

Module 1: Subject Knowledge - Word Classes

  1. Word class challenge
  2. Terminology - Word Classes
  3. Application of grammar skills in poetry
  4. Word class quiz

Module 1: Subject Knowledge - Verb Tenses

  1. Progressive verb forms and application to poetry
  2. Present perfect verb form and application to poetry
  3. Passive and subjunctive verb forms and application to poetry
  4. Verb tense quiz

Module 1: Subject Knowledge - Sentence Structure

  1. Introduction to clauses and conjunctions
  2. Application of a range of sentences structures to narrative writing

Module 1: Next steps

  1. Next steps

Module 1: Summary and Evaluation

  1. Before you go...
  2. Module evaluation

Welcome to Module 2

  1. Introduction
  2. Reflection

Module 2: The reading curriculum

  1. Looking at progression
  2. Groupings

Module 2: An introduction to phonics

  1. What is phonics?

Module 2: The structure of a phonics session

  1. Lesson structure
  2. Revisit and review
  3. Teach
  4. Blend
  5. Segment and practise
  6. Apply
  7. Activities
  8. Application through early reading

Module 2: Applying phonics

  1. Application through reading
  2. Grouped reading
  3. Structure of a grouped reading session
  4. Examining a text
  5. Review

Module 2: Conclusion

  1. Summary
  2. Module evaluation

Welcome to Module 3

  1. Introduction
  2. Self-evaluation
  3. Engaging with literature
  4. Resources

Module 3: Shared and grouped reading

  1. Grouping your children
  2. Considering the approaches

Module 3: The key skills

  1. The content domains
  2. Prediction and vocabulary
  3. Predicting a text
  4. Questioning, retrieval, inference, visualising and summarising

Module 3: Planning a shared session

  1. The structure
  2. The lesson

Module 3: Planning a grouped session

  1. Structure and activities
  2. Mastery question - language choice

Module 3: Follow on task

  1. Independent tasks

Module 3: Conclusion

  1. Reflect and review
  2. Module evaluation

Welcome to Module 4

  1. Module 4 Welcome
  2. Resources

Module 4: The mastery approach to writing

  1. The mastery approach to writing
  2. True or false?

Module 4: The shared writing approach

  1. The shared writing approach

Module 4: Modelled writing

  1. Modelled writing

Module 4: Guided writing

  1. Guided writing

Module 4: Summary and evaluation

  1. Summary and evaluation
  2. Old Module evaluation
  3. Module evaluation

Welcome to Module 5

  1. Introduction
  2. Resources

Module 5: Spelling stages

  1. Spelling skills across year groups
  2. Steps in the learning of spelling

Module 5: Progression in spelling across the year groups

  1. Year 1
  2. Year 2
  3. Year 3 and Year 4
  4. Year 5 and Year 6

Module 5: The teaching programme

  1. What could it look like?
  2. Application of spelling in writing
  3. Progression in sentence structure and punctuation

Module 5: Conclusion

  1. Reflect and review
  2. Old Module evaluation
  3. Module evaluation

Welcome to Module 6: Assessment

  1. Introduction
  2. Handwriting Progression
  3. Resources

Module 6: Reading assessment

  1. The reading curriculum
  2. Strategy checks
  3. Word reading at EYFS and KS1
  4. Reference to video links
  5. Evidence gathering at KS1
  6. Evidence gathering at KS2
  7. Links: Teacher assessment exemplifications for reading

Module 6: Writing assessment

  1. The writing assessment framework
  2. Coherence
  3. Other areas to assess

Module 6: Conclusion

  1. Reflect and review
  2. Old Module evaluation
  3. Module evaluation

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