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Literacy Across the Curriculum

Literacy Across the Curriculum.  Beter spelling  Better speling  Better spelling. 2. Literacy Across the Curriculum. Some opening principles:. People are scared of spelling. Your key role will be to bring reassurance and demystification You’ve got to make it active

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Literacy Across the Curriculum

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  1. Literacy Across the Curriculum  Beter spelling  Better speling  Better spelling 2

  2. Literacy Across the Curriculum Some opening principles: • People are scared of spelling. Your key role will be to bring reassurance and demystification • You’ve got to make it active • Spelling rules don’t work for a lot of us • Think of time-slots for spellings - end/start of lessons, tutor time, school newsletter • Word webs are better for display than lists of key words • Promote the joy of words - a spirit of inquiry 2

  3. Literacy Across the Curriculum Anglo-saxon: fangen, to seize Finger Wrist Elbow Bladder Pancreas Recipe Treacle Wrest, to turn El, length of an arm; bow, to bend Blaeddre, windbag 2 Pan, all; krease, flesh Latin: recipere, to receive (from early prescriptions) Greek: theriake from wild beast therion (originally a cure for wild beast bites)

  4. Literacy Across the Curriculum Arabic: kahwa, via Dutch koffie Coffee Tea Alcohol Whisky Rum Punch Flask Pig & whistle Chinese dialect: t’e, but in Mandarin ch’a Arabic: al-koh’l - a powdered spirit Gaelic: uisge beatha, water of life 2 Latin/French: Rome (fine) + bouillon (hot drink) Hindustani: panch = five Italian fiasco - poorly-made glass Piggin - small pail & wassail - drinking

  5. Literacy Across the Curriculum Identify the MAIN strategies for your school. Be selective. “Less is more”. 2 It’s easy to over-complicate …

  6. Spelling strategies Break it into sounds (d-i-a-r-y) Break it into syllables (re-mem-ber) Break it into affixes (dis + satisfy) Use a mnemonic (necessary – one collar, two sleeves) Refer to word in the same family (muscle – muscular) (word webs) Say it as it sounds (Wed-nes-day) (spellspeak) Words within words (Parliament – I AM parliament) Refer to etymology (bi + cycle = two + wheels) Use analogy (bright, light, night, etc) Use a key word (horrible/drinkable for -able & -ible / advice/advise for -able & -ise) Apply spelling rules (writing, written) Learn by sight (look-cover-write-check) Visual memory (look-cover-write-check)

  7. Literacy Across the Curriculum Spelling approaches: RULES (etymology, family of words [muscle/muscular]) PRACTICAL STRATEGIES (mnemonics, key word triggers, spelling logs) 2 VISUALS (words within words, word webs) SOUNDS (break into syllables/sounds, spellspeak)

  8. Literacy Across the Curriculum How to make spelling strategies … ACTIVE ?! 2

  9. Literacy Across the Curriculum Let’s get weaving 2

  10. Literacy Across the Curriculum Word webs are likely to have more impact than dictionaries: biology biological automobile automatic autocrat autograph automaton autobiography 2 graph graphic graphical autograph graphological

  11. Literacy Across the Curriculum Signature Signatory Consign Consignment Consigned Resign Resignation Resigning Resigned Sign 2 Design Designer Designing Designed Designation Designate Redesign Signal Signalling Assign Assignment Assignation Reassign

  12. Literacy Across the Curriculum Finish Finishing Unfinished Finite Definitely Indefinite Indefinitely definite Definition Define Redefine 2 Infinite Infinity Infinitive Confine Confinement Refine Refinery

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  17. Literacy Across the Curriculum Micro = small Auto = self Para = by the side of Com = together Photo = light 2 Trans = across Technic = craft Con = with Choose a key word Play around with some roots

  18. Literacy Across the Curriculum Mnemonics Fun Necessary = never eat chips eat sausage sandwiches and raspberry yoghurt Words within words enviRONment buSINess deFINitely sePARAte 2 Got any others?

  19. Literacy Across the Curriculum Talking Point 2-2-4 What have you done with spelling in your own school which has made most impact? 2

  20. Literacy Across the Curriculum • Use starters • Word-webs • Don’t make it a problem • Be explicit in how people spell • Key word displays • Spelling logs • Don’t overstate the importance of dictionaries • Keep it simple H I N T S 2

  21. Literacy Across the Curriculum • Whole school: • Awareness raising through spelling displays, log-books, word-webs, competitions • Teams: • Key words on display, glossaries, starters • Staff: • Articulate spelling strategies, bed it into your practice, train teaching assistants 2

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