This short webinar series is delivered by Lisa Jane Ashes—trainer, secondary English specialist, author, and keynote speaker. Her books, “Manglish” and “Teacher in the Cupboard”, are essential toolkits and must-reads for secondary school teachers.
In this video series, we include four key pieces of information that apply to literacy across the secondary curriculum.
We’ve made Episode 1 available to preview what we offer our members through the Leadership Hub.
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This video explores how we can teach reading across the whole curriculum to have more success in examinations. This is a snippet of what is possible when you prioritise disciplinary literacy in all lessons. It asks you to consider the reading skills that can lead your students to success and explores a range of subject area examples of how this could work for you.
Episode 2:
Improving outcomes through cross-curricular literacy
This video gives you a snippet of why cross-curricular literacy is important. What do we need to consider when planning cross-curricular literacy in our lessons, and how could cross-curricular literacy impact your student outcomes?
Episode 3:
The Importance of Oracy
In the UK, oracy is at the top of the education agenda. This is because, in a world of smartphones and technology, communication can often come second to a screen. How and why we should teach our students the power of communication within our subject areas.
Episode 4:
High Expectations for Written Communication Across the Curriculum
This episode is a snippet of what is possible when we all have high expectations of written communication across the curriculum. A little insight into the knowledge types that we should be considering when it comes to literacy and the power of cross-curricular collaboration.
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If you'd like to explore how this resource could support your next School INSET or wider CPD programme, we'd love to talk.