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Practical Strategies for the Less Able in English
This course is ideal for all English teachers, special needs teachers and classroom assistants. The course will be delivered in an interactive hands-on style so that delegates can try all activities for themselves in a friendly and informal atmosphere.
Course Aims:
1. To offer a wealth of resources and strategies that can be used the next day in the classroom
2. To demonstrate approaches to engage the interest of less able pupils
3. To share ideas that have been tried and tested in English classrooms
4. To demonstrate how these strategies may be used to enhance the exam performance of pupils
| COURSE OUTLINE |
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Coffee, registration and introduction |
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Session 1
• Setting the scene
• Starters to whet the appetite!
• Using fiction texts
• Making poetry accessible |
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Coffee |
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Session 2
• Improving descriptive writing
• Powers of persuasion!
• Tackling Shakespeare
• Preparing for exams |
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Lunch |
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Session 3:
• Spelling and punctuation
• Memory techniques
• Keeping them motivated! |
| This course is designed for English teachers, however, it will be of considerable use to all teachers, TA’s etc who teach literacy in any shape or form. |
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