Why should ALL staff be responsible for teaching writing?

It directly impacts our students fluency and improves outcomes

In PD 1, what did we look at to improve our understanding of sentences?

Sentence examples from all Year 8 subjects

What is the main benefit of sentence combining?

It develops complex and varied sentences.

What does the use of 'because but so' aim to achieve in writing

Promote logical and cohesive writing

Why did we learn about our ISCEA score in PD 2?

Key factors in students’ family backgrounds determine educational outcomes.

In PD 3, what did we learn about the benefits of using transition words?

It aids in transitioning between ideas

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1
What is the grammatical term we use for 'noun phrases'?
Appositives
Apostles
Anegatives
Asyndeton
2
What skills were added to the writing rubric in PD 2?
Poetry techniques
Vocabulary variety
Creative expression
Spelling and punctuation
3
What one aspect of sentence construction did we focus on when discussing rubrics in PD 1?
Sentence structure and quality
Spelling and grammar
Creative writing techniques
Poetry analysis
4
In PD 2, what did we introduce to improve writing across all subjects?
Dialogue formatting
Advanced vocabulary
Sentence stems
Story plot development
5
Why should ALL staff be responsible for teaching writing?
To share the workload
I am not responsible for teaching writing, what do you mean?
It directly impacts our students fluency and improves outcomes
I am not an English teacher, so I don't know.
6
What was the key focus in PD 1 regarding sentence construction?
Dialogue formatting
Creative expression
Sentence variety
Punctuation
7
In PD 1, what did we look at to improve our understanding of sentences?
Spelling rules
Story plot development
Sentence examples from all Year 8 subjects
Vocabulary expansion
8
What is the main benefit of sentence combining?
It creates short sentences
It uses noun phrases
It enhances comprehension skills.
It develops complex and varied sentences.
9
Appositives reduce wordiness in a sentence and add syntactic variety
True
False
10
What does the use of 'because but so' aim to achieve in writing
Encourage creative expression
Develop complex sentence structures
Enhance vocabulary
Promote logical and cohesive writing
11
Why did we learn about our ISCEA score in PD 2?
I don't know and I can't guess.
So we know how much money that the parents of our students have.
Key factors in students’ family backgrounds determine educational outcomes.
To help us to understand our students' home lives better.
12
ICSEA stands for the Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage
False
True
13
In PD 3, what did we learn about the benefits of using transition words?
Students can use this to analyse sentence structure
It aids in transitioning between ideas
What are transition words again?
It enhances vocabulary

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