Focus: supporting students with turn-taking
Talking strips can be used for oral language activities and as a writing frame.
Once the students know each box on the talking strip, they can begin to compose simple arguments. Display a topic and generate a list of possible arguments then model composing sentences as needed.
Students can then work in pairs and compose arguments using the prompts.
The sentence starters can be used as a scaffold for writing.
Other resources:
Talk topics in The Oral Language Book.
Sentence starters for persuasive writing https://www.theliteracyplace.
Focus: supporting students with turn-taking
Includes: a template and an exemplar
Focus: summarising texts
Includes: a three page resource containing activities for using the Question dice and Detail dice.
Focus: questioning and identifying evidence in texts, and adding detail to writing
