Write It Level It Teach It

Matt Beighton is an ex-teacher who worked primarily across Key Stage 2. Matt has written for the Literacy Shed and writes children’s ficton. He delivers CPD sessions to schools to support teachers to write their own model texts. Matt regularly delivers creative writing workshops in primary schools across England.

• Part 1: Write it: What are model texts and where might you use them?Chapter 1: Opportunities to create contentChapter 2: Is teacher-created content that important?Chapter 3: Linking your content with the end of Key Stage expectationsChapter 4: The impact of teacher-created content on peer- and self-assessmentChapter 5: The impact on behaviour and engagementChapter 6: What impact can published books have?Part 2: Level it: What does levelling your content look like?Chapter 7: What is a reading level assessment?Chapter 8: How often should you check the level of your text?Chapter 9: What to do if the level is too high or too lowChapter 10: How to increase the reading levelChapter 11: How to lower the reading levelPart 3: Teach it: What can you do to save time and increase the effectiveness of your content?Chapter 12: The importance of balance and saving timeChapter 13: Purpose, purpose, purposeChapter 14: Linking content to a topic, and why you might want to reconsiderChapter 15: Recycling is not just for your rubbishChapter 16: The Text Vault conceptChapter 17: Creating your own ′text vault′Chapter 18: Serialised content and how it can engage reluctant readers and writersChapter 19: Create content easily and quickly with narrative replacementChapter 20: Narrative replacement for non-fiction and different story types)