Write It Level It Teach It

Stop spending hours searching for, adapting and improving model texts for use in your classroom teaching.  There is a way to save time and get properly levelled and relevant texts for your teaching - write your own.

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)