Unveiling Ambitious Primary English: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Educators
Delve into "Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English," a resource offering big principles and practical strategies to enhance English learning. With contributions from experts and engaging forewords, this book aims to empower educators to cultivate a rich literary environment for all students, promoting imagination and literary exploration. Explore the transformative journey towards an ambitious English curriculum through insightful reflections and valuable resources shared in this comprehensive guide.
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Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English bobcox@searchingforexcellence.co.uk www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk @BobCox_SFE 3rd May, 2023 OTSA Online Launch
How can the doors be opened to exciting and ambitious English? Big principles A toolkit of strategies 13 chapters Forewords by Mary Myatt and Sonia Thompson Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English: Pitching high and including all: Amazon.co.uk: Bob Cox, Leah Crawford, Angela Jenkins, Julie Sargent: 9781785836671: Books
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A journey to an ambitious English curriculum When do we squint ? What does that one verb tell us? Shifa squinted up just in time to catch the narrowing crack of sky between the flower tracks and the tunnel roof close as the last bats shot in, their animal and human cries as one. Explore the use of catch here Why might the crack of sky be narrowing? How might animal and human cries be linked?
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From the forewords in Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English Sonia Thompson, Headteacher/director, St Matthew s Church of England Primary Research and Support School Mary Myatt, Education writer, speaker and curator of Myatt & Co Exposing our children to high-quality texts is like giving them a gift. Once unwrapped, the opening up of their imagination, through the power of words and illustrations, is a sight to behold. For me, this literary gifting should never be the preserve of the favoured few. I am wholly convinced that it must be available to every child, regardless of the circumstance. Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English will not disappoint. There is more richness, more depth and even more literary gold. When you have a resource like Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English which provides you with the theory, text examples, link texts, concept development, ways of working in the classroom, case studies from schools, all the way through to examples of pupils work, it makes such logical sense, that you will finish reading it and want to get cracking immediately
Forewords by Mary Myatt and Sonia Thompson Introduction by Bob Cox Text Choice and Concepts Quality Text to Quality Writing Principles Pitch High Response Principles into Strategies Learning Dialogues Excellence Success Criteria Strategies Link Reading Taster Drafts Radial Layouts Further Applications Key Stage One Poetry Non-Fiction Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English by Bob Cox, Leah Crawford, Julie Sargent and Angela Jenkins End-note
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Some authors texts referenced in detail Robert Louis Stevenson Rachel Rooney Dara MacAnulty Katya Balen Edward Thomas P.B Shelley Sita Brahmachari Sue Hardy-Dawson Jasbinder Bilan Paul Laurence Dunbar Sir Michael Morpurgo
We want every teacher reading this book to appreciate that there are numerous creative and fascinating ways in which an English curriculum can be designed to ensure that every single pupil is immersed in rich and diverse literature and language. From the introduction to Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English by Bob Cox In this book, professional awareness of old, gold and retold tales as well as new, bold and diverse texts is a foundational principle. Professor Teresa Cremin, Open University
Quality Text to Quality Writing Poetry Today sky will be heavy in all places and some streets may be without colour. What do you notice about the style? How can a sky be heavy ? What is a street without colour?
Dew could develop later in hedges whilst telegraph wires will hang about unseen. Grey trees will smoulder darkly and there are strong warnings of muted grass.
Taster Draft: write two of your own stanzas on images of fog with help from the pictures
What might the title be? Expect most riverbanks to appear faded Today sky will be heavy in all with high probabilities of willows weeping. places and some streets may be without colour. Flowers are advised not to open unless they must Dew could develop later in hedges whilst telegraph wires will hang about unseen. as misty sunlight will tend to be fleeting. Grey trees will smoulder darkly and Generally birdsong is going to be hushed there are strong warnings of muted grass giving little chance for a glimpse of its furtive singers. It s likely houses may seem patchy. Fog Warning by Sue Hardy- Dawson Everywhere cobwebs will drip chandeliers.
Some of the following questions could be used to prompt some thoughtful work on the concept of image-making: What else could the cobwebs be likened to? What would your school be like in the fog? What new things could a fog warning include? Can you include language that implies a formal warning in your writing? Can you say more about the furtive singers ? Can you write about the wind arriving and dispersing the fog? Why is the image of a chandelier used in the last line? Why does the illustration include a cobweb in each image?
From Adlestrop by Edward Thomas The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat. No-one left and no-one came On the bare platform. What I saw was Adlestrop only the name
Take 30% off my book using code AMBITIOUS30 at the checkout at www.crownhouse.co.uk or scan the QR code to go to the website. Provides both big principles and a toolkit of strategies all carefully selected to support the design of a deeper, more creative and more expansive English curriculum. Expires 6th June 2023
My Website: Free webinars, resources and blogs. Six Opening Doors books! www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk Find out more about the principles and strategies for opening doors for all pupils! We need to be constantly searching for the means to make equity and excellence a reality Bob Cox
