Introducting... READ WRITE PERFORM


I am so excited to announce a BRAND NEW approach to English I have developed alongside John Murray (@ReadingExplorer.)

The website readwriteperform.com is now LIVE. The approach covers every aspect of English - Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.

We have created and released our first teaching pack. Each teaching pack provides teachers with a unit of planning for English lasting 2-3 weeks.

The following image gives an overview of the approach and how each pack works:


We know this approach works, as all the ideas have been tried and tested in the classroom. The quality of writing and performance from the pupils in my class was phenomenal! 

The pack encourages your learners to actively engage with a variety of media and get the most out of the learning experiences you provide. Technology is used as a tool to enhance children's learning and evidence their final creations. We focus on combining all the elements of writing into one meaningful project: reading into writing into performance. 

We not only have exemplar texts but exemplar performances. Within the pack are links to videos where a professional actor has demonstrated the performance element. The actors also provide workshops in schools and you can receive an exclusive discount when purchasing the teaching pack. 

The first pack is available now! The Battle Cry pack involves children writing and then performing their own compositions to try and persuade their fellow villagers to follow them into battle. 
CLICK THE IMAGE TO BUY THE PACK


The pack can be downloaded by any teacher worldwide. We have not tailored this approach to just one curriculum or year group. We feel this approach will fit into every curriculum and teachers will be able to adapt the ideas to fit with the stage of learning for their students. We would say most of the material is aimed towards KS2 and KS3, however, a Year 2 class shared some of their fantastic work- - 



You can buy the pack as an individual teacher licence for £10 or purchase a whole school licence for £25 so every teacher within your school can access the material. 

For more about the approach and teaching pack, watch this Facebook Live Video I did with John last night:


We have a whole range of other packs in the pipeline so watch this space...

Comments

  1. Anonymous10 June 2016 at 11:49

    We have started this this week and we are loving it!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous9 July 2016 at 08:35

    Our children have enjoyed it. However, there are several errors and also we couldn't watch the second performance because it was via a Facebook link, which is banned in our school.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mr P ICT11 July 2016 at 21:47

      Please email davyhulme.ipad@gmail.com and I will send over a link that works. Thanks

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Lovely Poem for Your Leavers Assembly

Image
I am always asked to put a little video together for our Year 6 show and end of year assembly. Each year, I always include a special poem that I finish the end of year video with. It is called Leaving School by Jade Hughes and it is beautiful: We've now left school, It's how the story ends, Tears of happiness is what we recommend,   It's what we say, But there's always a little pain, Because once you've left, It's not the same,   You could walk through school and you would see, Your friends who have grown up incredibly, But now you've gone, It's not the same, As you may never see them again,   Your friends who have grown up right beside you, Who have helped you through your daily strife, Will go ahead and leave behind them, You who wants the same old life,   But you can not live your life in the past, Hoping that the same memories will last, You have to move on and just be glad, That leaving has made you so sad, As this just shows that...
Keep reading

Using Disney Films for Geography!

Image
Last week I came across a tweet sharing this picture: I thought it would be a brilliant way for children to learn about the location of different countries around the world.  Before we looked at the map, I asked the class to list as many animated Disney films (excluding Pixar) as they could think of. We shared some of our ideas and discussed the origins of some of these stories. Some were books, others fairy tales, legends or folk tales.  This gave us a link with Literacy to discuss different types of stories, how most films are derived from written texts and also looking at some famous authors. We also talked about whether they could remember where in the world the film was set.  I then shared the map with the children and gave them time to look and see whether they knew any of the countries themselves. They had to make estimated guesses as to where they thought each film was set. After they had had a go at trying the name all the countries, they t...
Keep reading

Teaching Direct Speech Punctuation using the iPhone text messaging!

Image
Teaching direct speech is always a tricky aspect, there is so much to remember and very few useful visual pictures that clearly help children know what and how to use speech punctuation properly. Lets look at some of the tips to remember: The words that are spoken have to go within the speech marks. Any punctuation needs to also go inside the speech marks. A reporting clause, who and how they said it can go before, middle or end. A comma follows the reporting clause at the beginning. You need to start a new line when a new character speaks.  I think that is most of them?? I have heard of endless different ways to try and get children to remember these tips - keeping the sheeps in the pen  or speech mark sandwich  which are a couple of examples however they do not have any visual help for tips such as starting on a new line, which is something some of my children find hardest to remember.  I decided to use a different approach, to help cover the...
Keep reading