SSLN Literacy Professional Learning Workshops Document title Transforming

SSLN (Literacy) Professional Learning Workshops Document title Transforming lives through learning

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Resources To complete this workshop each participant will need: § Handout: Common pitfalls for readers § First level SSLN print assessment: The Present - Text § First level SSLN print assessment: The Present – Questions § View BBC Bitesize: Five types of food video § First level online assessment: Healthy Eating § Learning and teaching strategies notes sheet Document title Transforming lives through learning

Introduction to SSLN (Literacy) Professional Learning Workshops Welcome to the SSLN (Literacy) Professional Learning Workshops. These workshops are designed to support practitioners with the areas for development identified by the survey. Before using this material you may wish to view the results of the survey in the Scottish Government report. This workshop focuses on reading. There additional workshops available for writing and group discussion. The material in each workshop is taken from SSLN (Literacy) online Professional Learning Resources. Document title Transforming lives through learning

SSLN (Literacy) 2014 Reading – Professional Learning Workshop Purposes of this workshop : § To reflect on current practice in the learning and teaching of reading skills in your establishment § To develop practitioners’ understanding and skills in this area in order to improve learners’ attainment. Document title Transforming lives through learning

Outline of workshop Focus Slides Part 1 Common pitfalls for readers 7 Part 2 Analysis of the 2012 SSLN reading assessments 11 Part 3 What we can learn from learner’s responses to reading assessments 13 Part 4 Learning and teaching strategies 15 Part 5 Reflection and planning 17 Document title Time (approx) Transforming lives through learning

COMMON PITFALLS FOR READERS Document title Transforming lives through learning

Learners will adopt different strategies as they relate the questions to a text. Repeated, targeted cross-reference may be a big demand on learners who are struggling from the beginning. Some of their strategies may be limited or inappropriate to the task in hand, with the result that they may not be able to construct a mental 'map' of the original in their head. Learners may: http: //www. educationscotland. gov. uk/learningandteaching/assessment/ssln/resources/literacyreadingnew/generalobservations. asp Document title Transforming lives through learning

§ read the whole text passively with little regard to purpose § make inappropriate use of headings and/or illustrations and/or other markers which indicate the structure and organisation of the text § read the source text through and then answer the questions without referring back to the text § start to answer individual questions before they have read the whole passage and gained an overview of its structure, missing contextual or narrative information relevant to the question they are considering § adopt a 'hunt the answer' approach in which they look for a specific point or phrase signposted by the question without due regard to the sentence or paragraph context § lack IT skills and have difficulty in using tabs, menus or links Document title Transforming lives through learning

Whic h you f of these a p read ll into wh itfalls do ing a e text? n exam ples. Shar e § misunderstand the sort of answer required by a particular type of question (eg confusion of 'how' and 'why') § bring their own prior knowledge to a text in relation to word meanings and question interpretation and, as a result, not use the passage to answer the question § rely excessively on their own existing knowledge of a topic or an issue and ignore or distort important aspects of the content of the text § find that a particular topic arouses strong emotions which act as a block to their understanding http: //www. educationscotland. gov. uk/learningandteaching/assessment/ssln/resources/literacyreadingnew/generalobservations. asp Document title Transforming lives through learning

ANALYSIS OF THE 2012 SSLN READING ASSESSMENTS Document title Transforming lives through learning

First level Reading Assessment: Paper and pencil 1. Read the pas sage an d questio ns. 2. Which questio n do yo learner u think s found that m ost diffi this que cult? L stion “A abel ”. Labe questio l the rem ns in or aining der, fro difficult m most. to leas t 3. Why d o you th ink this caused questio most d n ifficulty? 4. What do you think m the rem ight hav aining q e made uestion some le s d arners? ifficult f or Document title Transforming lives through learning

First level Reading Assessment: online Healthy eating clip and questions – clip not available Document title Transforming lives through learning

Read the SSLN commentaries. Comp are your findings with this analy sis of the SSLN (2012) read ing results. Document title Transforming lives through learning

LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGIES Document title Transforming lives through learning

Reading Barrier Learning and teaching strategies that support. learners to progress Discuss the barriers to effective reading that you have observed in your own practice and identify the learning and teaching strategies that could be employed to help learners to progress. Document title Transforming lives through learning

Reflection and planning As a result of this workshop, what changes will you make to your practice? Resources/further reading/support needed to complete your target. Next week Next term Next session Document title Transforming lives through learning

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