Literacy

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Literacy

• Creativity in the Classroom
• Basic Skills
• With thanks to Pie Corbett

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Creativity in the Classroom

• Alphabet game say a word beginning with A,
  next person says a word beginning with B, etc.
• Say a word and make a sentence CRISP Charlie
  reads individual stories politely.
• Explode a word Rhyming words, first letter
  patterns, synonyms, name it, art, facts, memories.

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• Crossing the river
• 10 things to do with acrescent moon a smile,
  bridge, skipping rope, etc.
• Innovate on a sign On discovery of a fire press
  alarm on discovery of a donkey give a carrot.
• (Jumpstart books by Pie Corbett)

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Basic Skills

• Exercise grammar rather than grammar
  exercises!
• Connective Game CT starts a story and then hold
  up a connective card child suggests next event
  then CT carries on the story hold up a
  connective card, etc.
• Gita ran home becauseshe wanted to see the cat
  She wanted to see the cat because it was fluffy
  It was fluffy because

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• Make a sentence give one word (dog), or two
  (shark jelly) or three (zebra humbug
  because) write a sentence with these words.
• Boring sentences to improve The cat went along
  the wall.
• Sentence doctor He runned down the lain the men
  was behind him.

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• Finish give them a fragment to finish The old
  king.. ..and laughed. across the lake
  because
• Join The cart stopped. The hobbit got down.
  (Connective either in the middle, or at the
  beginning)
• Compare show sentences or paragraphs put them
  in order worst to best.

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• Make a speech sandwich
• Speech how is it said? what are they
  doing? Listener action add any background
  information listener replies.
• My singers are by far the best, said Simon
  smugly as he smiled at the camera.
• Louis laughed, knowing what Simon was like.
• You are lucky that Jedward have been voted
  off, he replied sarcastically.

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• Drop in adjectives, adverbs, clauses Brian
  drove his car to Bradford.
• Brian drove his shiny car to Bradford.
• Brian carefully drove his car to Bradford.
• Brian, who was tired, drove his car to
  Bradford.
• Brian, chewing a toffee, drove
• Brian, disgusted by his family, drove

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Spelling

• Which one? wos woz was waz
• Picture it because look at it chant it
  move to it write it look at own writing
  check!
• Speedwrite how many times can you write a word
  in 30 seconds?
• Shannons game like hangman but without the
  execution give first sound to encourage
  thinking of spelling patterns.
• Rhyme it train, wheel, bone, light, soap, etc.

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Creative Poetry

• Use poetry as a vehicle for narrative.
• Rhyming is very hard it is much better to write
  poems based on our observations or to play with
  language.
• List poems can build confidence start with a
  noun, than an adjective, then a verb and off we
  go!

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Playing with Language

• In this magical bag I found
• I dreamed
• In the clouds I saw
• Through the window I saw
• I wish I was

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I want to paint

• A clapped out cockroach coughing constantly
• A confusing clock as quiet as a corpse

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Observations
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• Branch
• Trees
• Snow
• Mist
• Hills

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Poetry

• The bare branch reaches out like lightning
• Tangled trees tremble
• Silent snow suffocates
• Mist shrouds the valley
• In the distance the hills wait patiently

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as a vehicle for narrative

• Horatio looked around the clearing. A bare
  branch reached out from a tree like lightning.
  Tangled trees trembled as the silent snow
  suffocated everything around him. Mist shrouded
  the valley and in the distance the hills waited
  patiently, watching.

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Shared Writing

• We need to teach them to write! And write well!
• Put up an image carry out a short shared
  writing session, then give them some time to
  write their own.
• Never waste a good idea magpie from authors,
  the teacher, each other.

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• Cautiously, Horatio crept into the darkened
  chamber. Drab curtains twitchedwas something
  hiding there? Horatio held his breath. Splintered
  moonlight pierced the silent shadows. Behind him,
  a clock beat to the rhythm of his thudding heart.
• What have we taught? Alliteration, suspense,
  empty words, pulling the reader in, describing
  sounds, etc.

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• Flabbergasted, Horatio stared out at the ruined
  city. Towering skyscrapers leaned like a tigers
  broken teethwhat had caused this carnage?
  Horatio shivered with fear. An ancient sun
  disappeared over the desperate horizon. In the
  distance, drums were beating in time with
  Horatios racing heart.

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Shared Writing Checklist

• Generate lots of ideas the first idea is not
  always the best
• Do lots!
• Talk about it articulate the process
• Make it fun
• Keep rereading it to test if it works
• Magpie
• Value everyones ideas but do not accept
  everything
• Have an effective stimulus
• Do enough (paragraph)
• Pace

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What next?

• Try out some of the creative games/activities
  with your class.
• Use your basic skills sessions to explore the
  word and sentence activities (2 or 3 days a week)
  and for short shared writing/creative writing
  activities (2 or 3 days a week).