English

Modelling And Metacognition In English

Session Presenter: Dan Goodall

Job Title: Assistant Headteacher, Friesland School and Trust Senior Leader for English

• The session explores metacognition in KS3/KS4 English, focusing on effective “I do” modelling to make expert writing processes explicit.
• Colleagues will understand metacognition and confidently model thinking aloud to support student independence.

Five Stages For Successful P1, Q5

Session Presenter: Garry Richardson

Job Title: Teacher of English – Manor Academy

• This session will cover Manor’s magic structure on how to answer AQA Language, paper 1, Q5.
• Colleagues will see an overview of each section of the magic structure, with examples.
• Colleagues will be able to reflect on the concept and explore how this could be implemented or adapted to suit their department.

Creating Rigorous KS3 Learning Booklets

Session Presenter: Rhian Lawford

Job Title: Second in English – Heritage High School

• The session will cover the creation of booklets using a Medium Term Plan (MTP) outline to carefully craft schemes to ensure carefully thought out sequencing and creating challenge for the students.
• As a result, colleagues will know how to develop existing MTPs into bookletised form, and will be able to craft new MTPs in a way which carefully considers sequencing and challenge.

Pay A Visit To Poetry

Session Presenter: Jo Heathcote

Job Title: Freelance English Advisory Teacher and Lecturer ITT University of Manchester

• This session will look at how we can encourage students to be more independent thinkers when studying poetry and how we can step away from teacher exposition and encourage more discussion and group work in poetry lessons.
• This approach builds skills for the unseen poetry section of the GCSE English Literature paper, worth 32 marks, which often becomes marginalised against the time pressures of the set texts but will equally apply to your chosen anthology cluster.

Making The Writer The Star

Session Presenter: Ben Lack

Job Title: Head of Curriculum Area English – Frederick Gent School

• This session will cover how to incorporate both authorial intent and contextual factors into Literature study.
• Colleagues will leave with practical steps in planning to embed authorial intent into their practice.

(Don't Fear) The Unseen

Session Presenter: Paul Beckett

Job Title: Teacher of English – Ashfield School

• This session will offer students a step-by-step guide on how to tackle Unseen Poetry.
• Colleagues could integrate this method into their own pedagogy.
• This method will give students confidence on a challenging question.

Crafting Do Nows In English

Session Presenter: Dan Goodall

Job Title: Assistant Headteacher, Friesland School and Trust Senior Leader for English

• The session focuses on crafting effective Do Nows (across all Key Stages) using bodies of knowledge, 100% sheets, careful sequencing and desirable difficulty.
• Colleagues will be able to design purposeful Do Nows that revisit key knowledge and support long-term learning.

Utilising Large Group Teaching In English

Session Presenter: Andrew Sully

Job Title: Second in English – Friesland School

• Conditions for LGT. How should LGT sessions look? What are the key things to consider when planning a session?
• English Specific LGT. How can we use LGT sessions to close gaps? How can these sessions be used effectively as intervention for Y11? What might a pre-assessment LGT session look like?

Layering The Literature Essay

Session Presenter: Jo Heathcote

Job Title: Freelance English Advisory Teacher and Lecturer ITT University of Manchester

• A session to explore more detailed planning methods for the literature essays.
• Colleagues will leave with the knowledge of how to enable students to conceptualise the three assessment objectives and hit the required skills of the mark scheme with more balance.

Top 10 Quotations For GCSE English Literature

Session Presenter: Anna Mason

Job Title: Head of English – Manor Academy

• This session will cover how to support students with the Top 10 Quotations including pause points and home learning.
• Colleagues will see an overview of TTCT Top Quotations, 100% Sheets and Pause Points documentation.
• Colleagues will be able to explore how this could be implemented to suit their school.

100% Sheets At Key Stage 5

Session Presenter: Helen Bateman

Job Title: Second in English – Manor Academy

• The session will cover the Manor A-Level journey. Additionally, we will explore how and why the 100% sheets were created.
• Colleages will leave with knowledge of the impact of 100% sheets and how they are utilised in an A-Level Classroom.

Comparison: The Thief Of Joy!

Session Presenter: Jo Heathcote

Job Title: Freelance English Advisory Teacher and Lecturer ITT University of Manchester

• A simplified approach to tackling AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 Q4.
• Colleagues will leave with the knowledge of how to help students plan and write in a clearer way to access the higher reaches of the mark scheme.

Sentence Models For Non-Fiction Writing

Session Presenter: Anna Mason

Job Title: Head of English – Manor Academy

• The session will cover the concept of leaving nothing to chance in exam preparation lessons for Paper 2 Question 5.
• Colleagues will see an overview of TTCT Upgraded Sentences resources, research and scaffolded sentences utilising Chris Youles’ approaches and TTCT Shared Resources on creating a persona and tone.

100% Sheet Mastering Methods

Session Presenter: Jaime Birch

Job Title: Faculty Leader of English – Friesland School

• This session will cover the crafting and activation of a 100% sheet designed to ensure students identify appropriate methods and comment fully on the effects of language.
• Colleagues will leave with a toolkit of ways to activate the 100% Sheet.

The 5 Year Journey

Session Presenter: Jo Heathcote

Job Title: Freelance English Advisory Teacher and Lecturer ITT University of Manchester

Please note that this session is for responsibility holders in English

• This session will look at how we can simplify our existing curriculum plans without adding to workload to enable a smoother and more meaningful journey through Key Stages 3 and 4.
• Jo’s approach will look at where and how we build skills to reduce cognitive load (on students and on ourselves!) and create a more meaningful pathway of skills. Jo will show how this approach can enhance assessment and enable earlier intervention to ensure every student has grasped the key skills they need for increased success in GCSE outcomes.