Hey y'all!
I know-- he's off for two weeks, and then he's off for a Year 10 Poetry trip. I realise that most of you are pining for a Language lesson, but you'll have to hold out 'till Wednesday afternoon, when I will seek to 'blitz' through an overview of the whole reading/writing shbang, and get us up-to date.
Today, I want you to focus on orthography-- that's the fancy word for 'spelling'. I've attached some online links for you to peruse or download, looking at issues surrounding how children learn (or don't learn!) to spell.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/267
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/Children.htm
http://www.tda.gov.uk/upload/resources/pdf/t/tta99-16.pdf
Warning: this is government teaching material, so it may prove hard going!
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/staff/D.J.Wray/Articles/spelling.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1796331.stm
http://www.spellingsociety.org/kids/index.html
This is from the Simplified Spelling Society; it highlights the many orthographical inconsistencies of English, and their proposed solutions!
Please feel free to use this as a 'starting point'; seek out other materials on children and spelling/orthography, and bring them to Wednesday's lesson!
Mr H.
