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How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting! MENA Conference 2013

Welcome to LendMeYourLiteracy. How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting! MENA Conference 2013 Henry Smith (Year 6 Teacher, Literacy Co- ordinator and LMYL Co-founder). How do you celebrate children’s writing in your school?. Certificates? Displays?

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How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting! MENA Conference 2013

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  1. Welcome to LendMeYourLiteracy How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting! MENA Conference 2013 Henry Smith (Year 6 Teacher, Literacy Co-ordinator and LMYL Co-founder)

  2. How do you celebrate children’s writing in your school? • Certificates? • Displays? • Sharing and reading aloud? • ‘Writing of the week’? • The Internet?

  3. WhatGrade 5 Common Core Standards Texts Types and Purposes W 5.1 Write opinion on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. W 5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly 5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. LMYL Day GEMS Modern Academy

  4. Using LMYL to deliver the Common Core Standards

  5. What is LendMeYourLiteracy? • A website for sharing and celebrating children’s writing with a worldwide audience. • A place where young writers can be proud. • A place where school communities can connect with each other around the world and enjoy writing. Visits from over 100 countries Over one Million hits! Comments from famous authors

  6. Why use LendMeYourLiteracy? Children love it and are more inspired to write, therefore making greater progress. Opportunities to teach grammar and introduce ‘model’ text-types in a more fun and exciting way (it’s real!). Hugely positive engagement with parents. A portfolio of evidence of high quality writing. Teachers with a bank of inspirational teaching ideas. Teachers save time! No need to network, edit and solve technical issues. “Effortless!” Nurtures a love of writing!

  7. Excitement at DIS!

  8. How do you assess children’s writing?

  9. The LendMeYourLiteracy Hand 2A Sentences Adverbs (ly) Connectives Openings CHECK!

  10. Simplified example: Capital Letters Full-stops Adjectives (2A) Connectives CHECK!

  11. Go for it! • Action? • “LendMeYourLiteracyis very motivating as young writers have an audience. It really does raise standards!” Pie Corbett henrysmith@lendmeyourliteracy.com @literacylender

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