Strategies for S&C Literacy

Literacy Ideas• Spelling Bee competitions• Form spelling competitions• Literacy master classes• Lessons in skimming and scanning• English for Scientists Programme• School Literacy Mark SchemeSchool standards of spoken English- We will speak in sentences and paragraphs- We will use words accurately- We will use the correct terminology- We will avoid cliche-d words- We will actively add to our vocabulariesFor ideas see Literacy Mark Scheme

Reading• Reading Bingo: create personalised reading grids for students based on

genre, author, period, mixed-bag etc.• Create a reading wall: ‘caught reading’ - pictures of staff/ students reading in

unusual places, extended abstract mind map of books read by class, a ‘mountain’ of all the books that the class have read

• Reading Challenge: pit one class against another• Schol-Up• Reading Room – furnish a room with comfy chairs and bean bags for reading• Whole-school DEAR time one form time a week (Drop Everything and Read)• Reading Journals• Reading medals• Book boxes• Curriculum extra reading lists for all Schemes for Learning• Encourage students to undertake extended abstract thinking connecting

books that they have read

Vocabulary• Personalised vocabulary lists • Vocabulary bingo – students have word mats. They can cross off every

word that they use in the lesson. This could be done over a series of lessons. This could also be done using question stems.

• Personalised vocabulary mats created by students• Department word walls• Word of the week • Differentiated word mats • Banned word lists e.g. ‘thing’ and ‘like’

Different types of vocabularyDon’t focus just on subject key words:• Etymological vocabulary e.g. democracy, autocracy, plutocracy, aristocracy• Mark scheme vocabulary e.g. integrated, sustained• Higher Order vocabulary e.g. Analysis, synthesis, evaluate• Connective vocabulary e.g. Furthermore, hitherto• Evaluative vocabulary e.g. Arguably, largely• Evaluative vocabulary linked to subject markschemes:History Relative Importance Vocabulary Mat

Predominant Primary Pre-eminent Major

Lesser Minor Subordinate Secondary

Proximate Similar Equally Equivalent