Free Talk:Write Oracy Progression
Get free access to Ros’s Oracy Progression document. A part of the Talk:Write programme, it provides exemplar teaching objectives by age as well as written pieces to show progression over time.
Free Suave Resources
We hope you enjoy our weekly resources. The aim of these resources is to support the development of a wide range of rich vocabulary. Repeated and varied exposures across the curriculum are key to embed words.
As always, use your knowledge of your class to decide whether each resource is appropriate and how much support pupils might need. Please note that examples given are not exhaustive and some of the words will have multiple meanings. We would recommend keeping an eye out for teaching opportunities when these variations come up.
The resources are designed as teacher led starters or brain breaks for a few minutes of fun.
We’ll add a new set of resources each Friday.
Suave Word
This week’s word is vexed.
The collection download contains 34 PDF resources.
Suave Synonyms
This resource uses this week’s suave word – vexed. It asks children to choose the correct synonym and has three other quick activities too.
The collection download contains 34 PDF resources.
Suave Word Homework
This resource uses this week’s suave word – vexed. You can send this resource home to support the weekly suave word homework. It includes an example and some suggested topics to get the discussion flowing.
The collection download contains 34 PDF resources.
Suave Word Wise
This resource uses last week’s suave word – wail. There are two activities – one to pick the correct definition and one to pick the sentence that uses the word properly.
The collection download contains 34 PDF resources.
Suave Word Plus
This resource includes a wide selection of more challenging suave words. It is aimed at ages 8 to 12 but you can use them as soon as you feel your class are ready. This download contains 66 PDF resources.
Suave Word Revisit
This resource uses a random selection of three suave words to keep recycling vocabulary. There are three different activities: Meaning Match, Fill the Gap and Synonym Match. This download contains 33 PDF resources.
Chapter 1 of It Takes 5 Years to Become a Teacher
Read the first chapter, covering Ros’s first experiences of being a teacher in the 1960s, of It Takes 5 Years to Become a Teacher.
Dialect Word Collection
Download a selection of dialect words with a variety of versions of the word from around the country and around the world.
You might find that a word from your area isn’t exactly as you would say it. Dialects vary hugely so we don’t expect these selections are totally accurate. The locations listed aren’t exhaustive. A word listed from a location maybe used in many other places too.
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