This document provides information about a Year 9 English lesson on the SOLO taxonomy and how it can be used to improve writing. The lesson teaches students about the SOLO levels of Structured, Organized, Learning, and Outcomes. It includes activities where students order statements by level of understanding and plan ideas about a film in hexagon shapes to show links between ideas. The success criteria emphasize showing a range of multi-structural ideas and clear links between ideas to demonstrate an increasingly detailed understanding.

1. Year 9 English
SOLO Taxonomy - Learning about Learning

2. So what does make good writing?
Great ideas and content
Words
Sentences
Paragraphs / Structure

3. So what does make good writing?
Great ideas and content
Words
Sentences
Paragraphs / Structure

4. Learning Intentions
We are learning to...
•Understand and apply the language of SOLO
Taxonomy
Why?
To improve the quality of our ideas, planning
and thinking

5. I have been learning about...
S Structured
O Organisation
L Learning
O Outcomes

6. What do you know about...

7. How well do you
understand...
1. Order the
statements
from POOR
knowledge to
EXCELLENT
knowledge
2. Be ready to
explain your
decisions

10. Why is basketball such a popular sport?
Because it’s played at Euro
2012?

11. Why is basketball such a popular sport?
Basketball is a sport with a ball
and a basket.

12. Why is basketball such a popular sport?
Basketball is a popular sport in the US
and Europe. It has five players on each
team. The NBA is the biggest league in
the world.

13. Why is basketball such a popular sport?
Famous Exciting
Players games
Lots of
Speed people can
play

14. Why is basketball such a popular sport?
Exciting
games
Famous It’s
Players accessible
– you don’t
Speed of need much
play kit

15. Why is basketball
such a popular sport? Exciting
games
Famous
Players
Speed
It’s
accessible
– you don’t
need much
kit

16. Why is basketball such a popular sport?
Basketball is popular across the world, in part
because it’s easy and straightforward to play – not
much kit or space is needed. This means that
anyone can easily pretend to be like the high-profile
stars of the big leagues, which is exciting.

17. Why is basketball such a popular sport?
Ancient history Human nature
Science
The Media /
Technology
Conflict

18. Why is basketball such a popular sport?
Basketball is popular because it transcends
cultures. The NBA carries players from a full
range of religions, nationalities and ethnicities;
it’s like a melting pot for athletes from across
the world, and showcases globalisation in its
finest form.

19. We have planned ideas on:
• What is important or
interesting about the film
we’ve chosen?

20. Where would we put this on the SOLO
taxonomy?

21. Where would we put this on the SOLO
taxonomy?

22. Where would we put this on the SOLO
taxonomy?

23. Where would we put this on the SOLO
taxonomy?

24. Why is this film worth of an award?
Story
Actors /
characters
Action
Ideas

25. Why is this film worth of an award?
Story
Actors/ Action
Characters
Ideas

26. Task
• Write all the ideas you have about your film on to
hexagons
• Create a hexagon pattern on your desk, thinking
about how you would connect each idea in your
writing

27. Success Criteria
Skilled work will:
1.Show a range of multi-
structural ideas about your
film
Excellent work will
result in -
1.Clear links being made between
your hexagons
2.An increasingly detailed
understanding of why the links
are important

28. Plenary
• Talk to your partner about your hexagon pattern,
explaining why you’ve chosen these connections
• Partners – discuss, then give feedback on the quality
of explanation, using the success criteria to guide
your comments