We Are Learning To

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We Are Learning To

• IMPROVE OUR WRITING

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We Are Learning To
Identify the features of a piece of writing,
picking out the writers stylistic techniques.
Use and develop these techniques to extend
the passage in the style of the writer.
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What Im Looking For

• 1. Detailed analysis of the passage to identify
  techniques.
• 2. Use of technical terms, e.g. suspense,
• characterisation, setting, tone.
• 3. Continuation of the passage seamlessly
• developing the ideas and themes in the
• same style as the given passage.

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We Are Learning To

• 1. Identify the strengths in a piece of
  writing.
• 2. Prioritise and select an area to improve.
• 3. Suggest and create ways to develop the
  writing in the original style.

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What Im Looking For

• 1. Recognition of the techniques the writer is
  using.
• 2. A really careful suggestion as to how the
  writer can improve.
• 3. A well thought out appropriate way of taking
  the passage further.

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Quick Revision.
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Quick Revision
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What is an AifL School? A Place Where Everyone
is Learning Together
Our pupils and staff help to set their own
learning goals
Our pupils and staff practise self- and
peer-assessment
Our pupils and staff identify and reflect on
their own evidence of learning
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING
Learning and Teaching
Curriculum
Staff use a range of evidence from day-to-day
activities to check on pupils progress
Our pupils, staff and parents are clear about
what is to be learned and what success would be
like
Using evidence as feedback to inform improvement
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING
Staff talk and work together to share standards
in and across schools
Our pupils and staff are given timely feedback
about the quality of their work and how to make
it better
Staff use assessment information to monitor their
establishments provision and progress, and to
plan for improvement
Our pupils and staff are fully involved in
deciding next steps in their learning and
identifying who can help
Assessment
Our classroom assessment involves high quality
interactions, based on thoughtful questions,
careful listening and reflective responses
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We Are Learning To
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We Are Learning To
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We Are Learning To

• Understand and remember

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What Im looking for

• focused reading and listening.
• Clear and detailed notes.
• Use of a mnemonic to help you remember.
• Focused group discussion.
• A clearly prioritised listing of causes with
  reasons.

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We Are Learning To

• Understand and remember the key features of the
  Schlieffen Plan
• Why a plan was needed.
• What the plan was intended to do.
• What the plan looked like.

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What Im looking for

• Focused reading.
• A neat labelled diagram of the Plan in jotters.
• An accurate plan drawn from memory.