Find a range of practical advice and classroom activities to help you build, develop and secure your pupils' active reading skills and strategies. This focuses on the Framework for secondary English substrand 5.1: 'Developing and adapting active reading skills and strategies'.
Overview
Find out about a range of teaching approaches to help pupils build, develop and secure active reading skills and strategies. Read about how to recognise pupil progression from Year 7 to Year 11, including extension.
Key areas to teach
Find out the key areas to teach to help pupils build, develop and secure active reading skills and strategies. Includes a checklist of active reading strategies and note-making skills, along with a definition of what makes a literate reader.
Building pupils' skills
Find out how to use the following teaching approaches and learning opportunities to build pupils' active reading skills and strategies. This also includes a definition of a ‘critical reader’ and ‘information literacy’.
Developing pupils’ skills
Find out how to use teaching approaches and learning opportunities to develop pupils’ active reading skills and strategies.
Securing and extending pupils’ skills
Find out how to use these teaching approaches and learning opportunities to secure and extend pupils’ active reading skills and strategies.
