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25 Ways to Embed Literacy into Lessons. Six of the keywords for this topic are written in the boxes above. But which spelling is the correct one ? Write the correct spelling on your whiteboard. Aims: To provide you with some simple activities which can be introduced into any lesson. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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25 Ways to Embed Literacy into

Lessons

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Six of the keywords for this topic are written in the boxes above. But which spelling is the

correct one? Write the correct spelling on your whiteboard.

calendarcalandercalendercalandar

indispensibleindispenebleindispensabl

eindespencibl

e

mileniummilenniummilleniummillennium

perserverence

perseverance

perservirance

perseverants

supersedesupercedesuperceedsuperseed

accomodateaccommodat

eacomodate

acommodate

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Aims:• To provide you with some simple

activities which can be introduced into any lesson.

• To reinforce the importance of literacy in every lesson.

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Exercise Book

Back Cover

A4 SheetKeywords to fold out and see whilst

writing

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Vocab BuilderIn July 1828 Daniel O’Connell stood for election in County Clare. Voters ignored the views of their landlords and vote en mass for O’Connell. He won by 2057 votes to 982. Which words could be used to describe how O’Connell would have felt after the election?

Ecstatic Disappointed

Proud Rebellious

Daunted Confident Pessimistic NotableDefiant Cooperative Hopeful Scared

What words would you use to describe how the British government would have felt?

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You have 3 minutes to write down, spelling them correctly, any

keywords to do with the topic

Germany 1918-1945.

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Premiership (5 points) Division 1 (3 points)Lebensraum

Anti-SemitismGoebbels

KristallnachtLocarno

Dawes Plan

StresemannSwastika

AryanFuhrer

ReparationsNiemoller

Division 2 (2 points) Division 3 (1 point)Holocaust

SASS

Weimar RepublicReichstagGestapo

Mein Kampf

GermanyNazisHitler

DictatorshipJews

CommunistsHitler Youth

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Problems of law and order were common, because of claim-jumping and the fact that the gold ___________ the ‘dregs of society’. With no US government law officers to __________ them, people had to make their own arrangements. Each town held a mass meeting where a chairman and officers were chosen. They drew up a ‘mining code’. Claims to _________ had to be recorded with the district recorder. Disputes over claims were dealt with by a committee of _________. A sheriff would be appointed to arrest lawbreakers, and a court of all the miners would decide on ______________. The trials did not take long and the most common punishments were flogging, banishment or ________________.

Many other nationalities came to the mining towns to make their _____________. Most camps banned Mexicans, Chinese and ___________ from mining in the area. Mobs would drive Mexicans from their claims. The Chinese were left to rework old exhausted claims but even then were often harasses and ____________. The Indians were just ________________. Most miners refused to work alongside black people. Despite this, some 2000 free blacks did prospect, and when in 1850 Texas slave-owners arrived with their slaves the white miners made them ________.

Alternative task – give out the keywords – students must do a Pictionary on the board and then the group decides where the word fits.

Now highlight what the main problems were in mining towns.

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As – when I read out something which blames the peasants for the troubles you stand up.

Bs – when I read out something which blames the king you stand up.

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1953 Uprising Now watch the second video – the 6th

Anniversary of the Uprising.

By the end of the session you will be producing an alternative voiceover to this video.

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Now your turn Produce an alternative voiceover for the video.

However, you are going to be given a side – some of you will represent the SED government

and others will represent victims of the aftermath of the uprising.

Think about how you can make your voiceover biased in favour of the side you have been given.

E/D grades – will know the events of the 1953 uprising.

B/C grades – will be able to explain why it happened.

A grades – will be able to explain its impact.

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aanstzehmryhhmrtyabelllsy

In your team, can you solve these poetry anagrams?

Grab a dictionary for the

definitions.

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StanzaRhymeRhythmSyllable How many did

your team get?

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When introducing new keywords do you:• Explore their meaning (maybe using a

dominoes activity)?• Explore the language and origins of

the word?• Get students to use the word in a

sentence?• Get the students to spell the word

phonically?• Explore synonyms of the word (maybe

using a spider diagram)?

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Therefore

Manchester United is a good football

team.

Connective Cards

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Do you go through homophones when they crop up?

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Modelling ideas: Give students a piece of writing

without punctuation – what should they add to improve it?

Give students simple sentences – can they use ambitious language to develop them?

Give students writing without connectives – can they add correct connectives?

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VOCABULARYPick 4 WOW words from the board and write four sentences using them.

outstandingly, tenderly, quietly, formidable, bleak,

outspoken, stern, comical, pathetic, yearning, dwell,

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Sentences to summarise what you

think is important about the votes for

women topic.Reduce the

sentences to words

Then give just

word to summarise the

topic.