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Effective Strategies to Enhance the Implementation of the Reading Workshops of the English Language Curriculum at KS2

2. Objectives of the Project. Enhancing the Implementation of Reading Workshopsat KS2To help pupils progress in the development of reading skills and strategies from KS1 to KS2 To enhance teachers' skills and strategies in conducting Reading Workshop at KS2, especially supported reading and indep

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Effective Strategies to Enhance the Implementation of the Reading Workshops of the English Language Curriculum at KS2

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    1. 1 Effective Strategies to Enhance the Implementation of the Reading Workshops of the English Language Curriculum at KS2 English Language Education Section Curriculum Development Institute Education Bureau 18 April 2009

    2. 2 Objectives of the Project Enhancing the Implementation of Reading Workshops at KS2 To help pupils progress in the development of reading skills and strategies from KS1 to KS2 To enhance teachers’ skills and strategies in conducting Reading Workshop at KS2, especially supported reading and independent reading To enhance teachers’ questioning skills to help pupils develop critical thinking skills and creativity

    3. 3 Objectives of the Project Enhancing the Implementation of Reading Workshops at KS2 To widen pupils’ exposure to a variety of text types, including both narrative and informative texts To develop appropriate learning, teaching and assessment tasks / materials To promote reading across the curriculum

    4. 4 Development of Reading Skills 1. Understand the basic conventions of written English

    5. 5 Development of Reading Skills 1. Understand the basic conventions of written English

    6. 6 Teaching Strategies for Reading

    7. 7 Supported Reading An effective strategy that provides the instructional setting to teach reading strategies and skills An appropriate occasion to present manageable challenges that encourage reading for meaning A teaching strategy to enable pupils to practise new strategies for making sense of a text An effective strategy to encourage pupils to take control of the first reading, give a critical response, and talk about messages and meaning in the text A good opportunity to foster critical thinking through questioning An opportunity to develop positive attitudes by involving pupils in discussion

    8. 8 Steps in Conducting Supported Reading

    9. 9 Independent Reading A teaching strategy to conduct with young learners who have acquired some skills and strategies in reading, through shared reading and supported reading A good opportunity for pupils to try out the reading strategies they have developed in a new context A teaching strategy requiring little teacher support and a lot of pupil input

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    13. 13 Promoting Reading across the Curriculum Integrate pupils’ learning experiences across different subjects Draw pupils’ attention to cross-curricular links Highlight the features of different text types that pupils may encounter in different subjects Encourage pupils to draw on their prior knowledge about the topics to help them understand the text

    14. 14 Project Title: Effective Strategies to Enhance the Implementation of Reading Workshops of the English Language Curriculum at KS2   Project Code: EE0209   Duration: September 2009 to August 2010

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    16. 16 “Seed” Schools Schools are expected to: nominate 1 experienced and committed English teacher to be seconded to the English Language Education Section of CDI for a period subject to mutual agreement; allocate a common lesson/period of time per week/cycle for teachers’ collaborative lesson preparation; set aside a period of time in the scheme of work to try out at least 3 sets of learning, teaching and assessment materials developed by the seconded teacher and other project teachers of the same school; and assist in the collection of evidence (by supporting classroom observations, including video-recording a substantial number of tryout lessons and interviewing pupils/teachers) on the processes of change and impact on pupil learning.

    17. 17 “Network” Schools “Network” Schools are expected to: nominate teachers to participate in professional development programmes and experience sharing sessions; and try out the developed materials and activities in their own schools.

    18. 18 Seconded Teachers Seconded teachers are expected to: work in close collaboration with CDI officers, English language teachers of their own schools and other “Seed” Schools; assist in reviewing related literature; participate in professional development programmes; develop learning, teaching and assessment materials with other project teachers of the same school; try out the developed learning, teaching and assessment materials to promote the development of reading skills and strategies;

    19. 19 Seconded teachers are expected to: collect evidence (by supporting classroom observations, including video-recording a substantial number of tryout lessons and interviewing students/teachers) on the processes of change and impact on student learning; assist in analysing and interpreting the data collected; and assist in the dissemination of tryout experiences/good practices. Seconded Teachers

    20. 20 Project Proposal [Education Bureau Circular Memorandum No. 36/2009 (Appendix III)] Part I My school wishes to take part in the following “Seed” Project(s) in 2009/10 Project title: Effective Strategies to Enhance the Implementation of the Reading Workshops of the English Language Curriculum at KS2 Project code: EE0209 Name of CDI Section: English Language Education Section Other projects the school is participating in: Part II School information School name, address… Contact person Name and signature of School Head

    21. 21 Project Proposal Part III Proposal details Title of “Seed” project with project code School particulars reasons for conducting the project commitment of teachers willingness to share findings with other schools previous experiences in school-based curriculum projects Proposal details mode of participation: “Seed” Schools/“Network” Schools objectives how the project fits in with the curriculum needs of your school availability of resources action plan with schedule, number of classes/students, expected deliverables (e.g. learning, teaching and assessment tasks to be developed or tried out) and evaluation methods

    22. 22 Part IV: Secondment of teachers - Submit a copy of Annex A for each teacher nominated Project Proposal

    23. 23 in duplicate by post with the address label below: Sending in your application:

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