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Improving writing

As subject leaders, senior managers, English teachers and teaching assistants, use these resources to develop an understanding of how to develop pupils as writers and improve their enjoyment of and attainment in writing in Key Stages 3 and 4. This is part of 'Improving writing', which supports pupils throughout Key Stage 3 secondary English.
- Improving writing in KS3
  
  Heads of department, subject leaders and English teachers can use these materials to find out the challenges and skills of teaching writing, and follow a route to improvement to help pupils improve their writing skills. This is part of 'Improving writing', which supports pupils through Key Stage 3 of secondary English.
- Adapting writing conventions
  
  Read about how the Framework for secondary English relates to teaching writing conventions. Use the strands and substrands to help pupils understand conventions and develop their own writing. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Improving boys’ writing
  
  Boys can encounter a number of issues and difficulties when learning to write in the classroom. Find out here about these challenges and use the questions to develop your ideas about how to engage boys and develop their writing skills. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
  - Teaching approaches
  - Action checklist
- Building a bridge from reading to writing
  
  Find out how pupils’ reading habits can impact on their writing development, and why reading practice is not always the best approach to improving writing. This information is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Writing for real, purposeful and relevant contexts
  
  Read about the benefits of this teaching focus, along with the key issues and challenges often faced when implementing it. There are links to resources, example activities and advice to support independent learning. This information is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Improving writing through ICT
  
  ICT is a key part of learning, and supporting and extending the development of pupils’ writing skills and knowledge. Find out about the dual functions of ICT, as a mode of communication and mode of teaching and learning. This information is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Improving writing through marking and response
  
  Find out more about marking and how it can help pupils toimprove their writing skills. This includes using marking to identify learning gaps and identify pupil progression. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Planning to improve writing
  
  Find out how to plan for improving pupils’ writing by planning for progression and development, which can be achieved by revisiting writing tasks over a period of time. Focus planning by choosing writing tasks based on appropriate reading texts. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Punctuation
  
  Read about the results of a QCA study highlighting poor punctuation performance in schools. Find out about the criteria pupils must meet at levels 1 and 2 and the skills needed to progress further. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Writing and special educational needs
  
  Make a positive impact on special educational needs (SEN) pupils with these teaching approaches, aimed at helping pupils who are not working at the level of their peers or in line with expectations. This information is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Improving writing through talk
  
  Find out about the role of talk in developing writing. Refer to the Framework for secondary English to see the relevant strands and substrands, which include talk-related learning objectives across Years 7, 8 and 9. This is part of 'Improving writing' within secondary English.
Teaching for progression: Writing

Teachers of secondary English can explore these approaches and ideas, which suggest how they can use the Framework for English writing strands and substrands to address issues related to the improvement of pupils' writing.
- What are the key issues in relation to progression in writing for pupils?
  
  Find some strategies used by good writers, obstacles that prevent pupils improving as writers and some ways you can help them improve. This is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
- Substrand 7.1: Generating ideas, planning and drafting
  
  Find a set of specific teaching approaches to help you build, develop and secure your pupils' writing skills. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 7.1: 'Generating ideas, planning and drafting in writing', and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
- Substrand 7.2: Using and adapting the conventions and forms of texts
  
  Find a set of specific teaching approaches to help you build, develop and secure your pupils' writing skills. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 7.2: 'Using and adapting the conventions and forms of texts', and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
- Substrand 8.1: Developing viewpoint, voice and ideas
  
  Find out how to use teaching approaches and learning opportunities to help you develop your pupils' own viewpoint and voice in their writing, so that their ideas are clear, coherent and engaging. This is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
  - Developing viewpoint, voice and ideas in fiction writing
  - Developing viewpoint, voice and ideas in non-fiction writing
- Substrand 8.2: Varying sentences and punctuation for clarity and effect
  
  Find a set of specific teaching approaches to help you develop your pupils' grasp of punctuation and their understanding of how to vary sentence structure well. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 8.2: 'Varying sentences and punctuation for clarity and effect', and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
  - Teaching punctuation
  - Teaching sentence variety
- Substrand 8.3: Improving vocabulary for precision and impact
  
  Find a set of specific teaching approaches to help your pupils improve their use of vocabulary in their writing, so that meaning is clear and their writing has impact and effect. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 8.3: 'Improving vocabulary for precision and impact', and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
- Substrand 8.4: Developing varied linguistic and literary techniques
  
  Find a set of specific approaches to teaching linguistic and literary techniques that pupils can apply in their own writing. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 8.4: 'Developing varied linguistic and literary techniques', and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
- Substrand 8.5: Structuring, organising and presenting texts in a variety of forms
  
  Find a set of specific approaches to help pupils develop skills in structuring and presenting texts. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 8.5: 'Structuring, organising and presenting texts in a variety of forms', and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
  - Teaching cohesion within and between paragraphs
  - Teaching form, organisation, layout and presentation
- Substrand 8.6: Developing editing and proofreading skills
  
  Find a set of specific approaches to help your pupils build, develop and secure their editing and proofreading skills. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 8.6: 'Developing editing and proofreading skills', and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
- Substrand 9.1: Using the conventions of standard English
  
  Find a set of specific approaches to help your pupils use the conventions of standard English appropriately. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 9.1: 'Using the conventions of standard English', and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
  - Teaching the conventions of standard English
  - Teaching pupils about formal and informal registers in English
- Substrand 9.2: Using grammar accurately and appropriately
  
  Find a set of specific practical classroom ideas to help pupils understand how to use grammar accurately and appropriately. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 9.2: 'Using grammar accurately and appropriately’, and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
- Substrand 9.3: Reviewing spelling and increasing knowledge of word derivations, patterns and families
  
  Find a set of teaching approaches to help pupils review and strengthen their spelling and increase their knowledge of word origins and families. This focuses on the Framework for English substrand 9.3: 'Reviewing spelling and increasing knowledge of word derivations, patterns and families’, and is part of Teaching for progression: Writing.
  - Reviewing and improving spelling
  - Increasing pupils' knowledge of words, their derivations and patterns
Teaching for progression: Spelling

This resource will help you to teach spelling systematically and enjoyably, to support the development of your pupils as confident spellers. It contains a bank of ideas to help teach word-level objectives which are drawn from substrand 9.3 of the Framework for secondary English.