Includes: a template and an exemplar
Focus: paragraph writing, starting with a topic sentence
Talking groups – Poster
Collaborating with different students is stimulating and supportive and offers students opportunities to talk, share and reflect on their learning.
Purpose: Use the poster to establish different groupings in your classroom.
Talking groups – More information
This document contains further information about each of the groupings included in the poster.
Purpose: use this document in conjunction with the poster to explicitly teach each of the groupings so that students can easily form these different groups during the day.
Check out The Oral Language Book for more ideas about organising talk in the classroom.
Includes: a template and an exemplar
Focus: paragraph writing, starting with a topic sentence
Includes: a blank planning template and one with an image
Focus: generating and organising ideas
Includes: drama activity cards/poster
Focus: using drama to enhance speaking and listening