2. Are YOU a Literacy ninja?
LITERACY MAGIC 3
• Students as experts in the language of your subject
• Speak like an essay: excellent oracy improves literacy
• DIRT: Directed Improvement and Reflection Time:
plan, proofread, ABC / green pen / SPAG M&F
And don’t forget…
Marginal gains: Pick up on EVERY capital letter/full stop!
3. “I already do literacy – I’ve got my keywords up
on the wall”
“I don’t get literacy – I don’t know how to
explain adverbs or possessive apostrophes”
“I do really want to do literacy – but I don’t
have time, it’s just another thing on my list”
It’s gained time…
4. What does your faculty need?
Find a friend. Take 10 minutes…
1. P - POINT – Give your first impression The author /
character / language in the text at first glance suggests…
E
OR Conveys, creates, denotes, describes, establishes, evokes, foreshadows, gives a sense
of, implies…
2. E - EVIDENCE Choose short quotation to back
up point. D
3. A1 – ANALYSIS – Select key words The word
“…” suggests … creates a feeling of .. highlights …
could imply that … C
4. A2 – DEEPER ANALYSIS – Select second word, phrase or
quotation for analysis “….” Alternatively… Further suggests
… may show the author intends… makes the reader feel…
B 5. A3 – LINK TO CONTEXT, SYMBOLIC MEANING, CONNOTATIONS
This could symbolise… may signify… reflects the theme … Given the time during which the text was
written… A – A*
5. ICEBERG
ANALYSIS
POINT –
Relate to the question.
Your first impression of
the text – GRADE E
EVIDENCE –
Quote or reference to
the text – GRADE D
EXPLANATION –
Explain the meaning of
the quotation or
reference – GRADE C
EFFECT ON THE
READER/AUDIENCE –
How it makes us feel, the impact
it has on us, and our
understanding – GRADE B
The writer…
One way that…
At first glance it appears…
For example…
This is demonstrated…
This is clear in the way…
This means…
This shows…
The writer has used
(technique)…
This makes the reader feel…
The impact on the audience is…
This shows the reader that…
By doing this, the writer has…
Therefore we understand…
This makes the reader
Share it with
your faculty…
… Someone will
do it even
better!
6. What can you do NOW?
• Commit to at least one literacy
improvement – 10 minutes!
• Literacy Magic 3
• World Cup Literacy
What can you do for SEPTEMBER?
• Next year = Year of Reading for Pleasure
• Literacy Magic 3!
• Plan / improve Literacy Transition lessons
• Tutors: new improved literacy tutorials!
