Campaign for Written Excellence

Writing: a key priorityChanging landscape at GCSE and A-Level: Developing students’ ability to write accurate, coherent, extended responses is vital for success in every subject.

- How to present your written work

- Extended Writing

- VCOP

- Seven Top Tips for Writing

- Literacy marking guide

Campaign for Written Excellence

Written Excellence Policy

1. Teacher modelling: Model the process of writing ‘live’.

2. Ensure that students fully understand the purpose, audience and form.

3. Talk for writing: give students the opportunity to consolidate and rehearse ideas before writing.

4. Green Pen! As you circulate around the class, correct and identify any capital letters, spellings or punctuation mistakes. Insist that students correct their mistakes immediately!

Techniques to help students improve their writing skills:

Techniques to help students improve their writing skills:

5. Create displays of subject specific vocabulary

6. Writing frames.

7. Exemplars- provide examples at different grades A, C, D/E grade.

Techniques to help students improve their writing skills:

Assessment and Response