Literacy in Ks3 and GCSE science - from keywords to extended writing RH298 / B113
Summary
You will learn about the literacy-related reasons why some learners struggle with science, and how best-practice literacy teaching can be used to overcome these problems. You will explore and develop practical approaches that are known to work well in science - from using keywords, to reading and understanding exam questions, and developing structured extended answers.
This session, is also part of our science department Recovery Curriculum Package - to find out more about this cost effective package of CPD for the whole department, go to our website:www.hertsandessexsciencehub.co.uk/CPD-and-Courses
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Outcomes
- Explore literacy barriers to learning science – keywords, accessing texts, structuring writing
- Build literacy for science from word level, to sentence and paragraph levels
- Develop learners’ skills in reading, comprehension and writing extended answers for science
Sessions
| Date | Time | Location | |
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| Part 1 | 19 October 2021 | 16:00-17:00 | Virtual |
| Part 2 | 08 November 2021 | 16:00-17:00 | Virtual |
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Cost
| State-funded school or college | Activity fee£60.00 +VAT |
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| Fee-paying school or college (independent) | Activity fee£60.00 +VAT |
Additional information
Our remote CPD courses for teachers are delivered across a series of sessions run at specific times and dates. Information on all course sessions can be found under the description of each course. To complete a course, all sessions are mandatory.
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