Developing Vocabulary - CPD package for teaching & learning

This suite of materials has been written following several successful projects in schools led by English advisers from Babcock LDP. It supports a model of collective learning, which has been proven to have the greatest impact on both teachers and students.

A series of six sessions is provided, each written to last around an hour and a half, but trainers can choose to adapt this to best fit what time they have allocated to the programme. Within the electronic ‘pack’ you will find the following:

• 6 detailed session plans/presenter notes (these include the subject knowledge needed to run training, links to further reading and a number of suggestions for adaptations)
• PowerPoint presentations for each session
• Photocopiable resource masters for the sessions

Plans all have common features:

• suggested timings
• descriptions and explanations of activities
• reference to resources required

Pre- and post-session tasks are provided, with the expectation that attendees will complete these in order to get the most out of each session. Each begins with a ‘word warm-up’ to foster word consciousness and model activities worth doing with children; all end with a short activity to encourage reflection on what has been learned during the session.