Term 3/4 Inquiry- Writing

 

SCANNING: WHAT IS GOING ON FOR MY LEARNERS?

At my mid year data I can see that I have a considerable number of students who are not writing at expectation. This is also reflected in school wide data. What I believe is contributing to this:

- some students have corresponding reading and writing levels below expectation which has been the case for over a year.

-some students are reluctant writers, I think they have the ability but are not willing to focus on writing tasks and complete them to the standard that they are capable of. These writers are at/above in reading. Predominately boys in this group.

-as I was learning BSLA and focusing on accreditation the planning was focused on reading. Literacy time has been focused on reading and PHOM. Small group reading has been a main focus for me and a non negotiable. There has not been a focus on whole class writing lessons.

-students are making pleasing progress in PHOM teaching and picking up spelling patterns, there is not a lot of evidence of students transitioning this into their writing.

FOCUSING: WHERE DO I THINK CONCENTRATING MY ENERGY WILL MAKE THE MOST DIFFERENCE?

• I am going to focus on the reluctant writers in my class. These students are sitting at 1P and I would like to move them to 1A/2B by the end of the year. This is a group of ten boys.
• I am going to change my weekly timetable to allocate 2 whole class writing sessions, Jorja will teach a third on Wednesdays, as well as writing activities to work on independently during reading time.
• I will need to develop ideas that engage these learners. It will have a positive impact on the rest of the class as well.

DEVELOPING A HUNCH.

These learners will need good models of writing and a clear understanding of what success looks like.

They will need scaffolds and incentives and clear feedback.

They will need engaging prompts and motivations for writing.

Notes from discussion with Ange:

Different writing ideas for class.

- timed writing sessions, cant stop "Freedom writing"

-being "authors" recording stories rather than writing them.

I will try to incorporate these different types of activities into the weekly programme.