Literacy Audit

Do you highlight and teach pupils strategies to remember key vocabulary?

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Are dictionaries and thesauruses available?

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If YES to Q2, do pupils refer to them?

Do you correct pupils’ spelling, punctuation and grammar in written work, where appropriate?

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Do you give pupils time to amend and learn from their SPG corrections?

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Do you consider these corrections to have had a longer-term impact on pupils’ progress? (E.g. have you noticed fewer of the same mistakes?)

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Do you make good use of exemplars to show pupils what they are aiming for in their written work?

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When setting a written task do you address how it should be written as well as what the content should be?

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Do you teach pupils how to take effective notes, and reinforce this in lessons?

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Do you use ‘talk for learning’? (e.g. ‘talk partners’ to discuss and plan ideas?)

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