Introducing Spoken Language in KS3
Fun, stimulating and ready-to-use activities to introduce Spoken Language at KS3 and also prepare students for GCSE Spoken Language from September 2015.
I love resources like this that not only develop the knowledge of students but also their personal skills. This is a perfect example of a bridging unit which will prepare your students fully for GCSE.
Activities cover the skills needed to:
- Communicate and adapt language
- Interact and respond
- Create and sustain roles
The wide-range of activities allow students to:
The activities are engaging and educationally valuable
- Take part in discussions
- Work in pairs or groups
- Analyse various forms of spoken language
- Play educational active learning games
- Write essays
- Present to the rest of the class
- Take part in scripted and unscripted performances
- Review and improve their own performance
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What do teachers say about this resource? (5911)
Useful to any department as it is an excellent resource... the range of tasks is great... Students will enjoy the tasks in this resource pack and there is a good range of support... the activities all have a clear focus and any student could partake in them... It would ensure that spoken language is covered consistently within your department. I especially like the task based on Halle Berry’s reaction to winning an Oscar. I think this is something students would enjoy... I love resources like this that not only develop the knowledge of students but also their personal skills. This is a perfect example of a bridging unit which will prepare your students fully for GCSE. There is clear support for students through the use of group work, sentence stems, visual learning resources and examples. This, along with the range of tasks, will ensure students are constantly challenged and stimulated... this resource enhances learning most effectively through encouraging students to become much more self-reflective and independent. There are a range of tasks where students will be working in groups or pairs which will allow them to generate and develop ideas together. Furthermore during most of the activities there is a reflective exercise so students can evaluate how they performed and targets they need to set themselves to improve. The teacher is certainly put into the role of facilitator throughout this scheme which makes it a perfect unit to prepare your students for GCSE... The opening page clearly shows which activities meet the criteria of the new curriculum and where they link to GCSEs.
Very thorough... There is a good range of activities to choose from - and nice to see 'speaking and listening', as well as 'spoken word' is included... The range of group activities will facilitate peer learning and assessment, which can be very appealing and can engage those who might struggle with the topic without such support... It's leading KS3 pupils in the right direction, so that when it comes to GCSE English Language study, they will have good foundations for the study of spoken language and for speaking and listening... It's a complete 'no-brainer' to introduce KS3 pupils to spoken language, and this resource facilitates that very well
Given the focus on Spoken Lanugage at GCSE, it is nice to see a resource that prepares pupils at KS3... the activities are engaging and educationally valuable.. The folded paper activity (p. 3) sounds like a nice one for stimulating dialogue. Halle Berry ‘tone of voice’ activity seems like a stimulating and fun way to encourage pupils to consider tone and body language... The teaching notes/suggested answers are helpful... this resource’s focus on developing essay writing skills is extremely educationally valuable and will help prepare pupils to cope with the essay writing demands when they enter KS4. I like the balance in this resource between the focus on essay writing skills and the clear effort made to make the material fun and engaging.
A nice range of activities exploring speaking and listening with clear links to skills needed at GCSE, and even A Level Language. It builds on skills bit-by-bit and is appropriately challenging... does much to address the new skills, but regardless of what curriculum it is for, it is certainly good at raising awareness of the skills of S&L in any context... A refreshingly comprehensive resource that considers progression.
Engaging activities which act as a good introduction to Spoken Language Study and as a foundation for study at GCSE... particularly liked the chronology of the tasks and the wide range of activities offered to students... the build up of skills throughout led well to the essay preparation towards the end