Cornelia ParkerPyschoBarn: 2016Installation artist

House by the Railroad Edward Hopper

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho - Bates’ family mansion

Batucada (Ba - two - cada) is a substyle of samba and refers to an African-influenced Brazilian percussive style, usually performed by an ensemble, known as a bateria. Batucada is characterised by its repetitive style and fast pace.

Year 9Vocabulary Matters

Aims:

● To ensure that you understand why vocabulary matters● To make sure that you understand how to improve your

vocabulary

Year 9Vocabulary Matters

Overview

1. 6 Key Questions2. Research

3. Next Steps

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 1:What is the typical vocabulary size of a successful 6th form student today?

Possible Answers:

a) 2000 words

b) 8000 words

c) 22,000 words

d) 50,000 words

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 1:What is the typical vocabulary size of a successful 6th form student today?

Possible Answers:

a) 2000 words

b) 8000 words

c) 22,000 words

d) 50,000 words

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 2:

What % of words need to be known in a text to ensure that you fully understand it?

Possible Answers:a) 60%

b) 65%

c) 75%

d) 80%

e) 85%

f) 90%

g) 95%

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 2:

What % of words need to be known in a text to ensure that you fully understand it?

Possible Answers:a) 60%

b) 65%

c) 75%

d) 80%

e) 85%

f) 90%

g) 95%

Based on 75%

Jefferson Davis, from his book, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government written in 1881.Davis was the son of a plantation owner who, in 1845, entered Congress for the state of Mississippi. When Mississippi and six other states left the Union and set up their own Confederate government in 1861, Davis was elected as its President.

The Confederates fought for the defence of a fundamental right to withdraw from a Union which they had, as independent communities, voluntarily entered. On reading what has recently been written, people might be led to the conclusion that the war was caused by efforts on the one side to extend and keep human slavery, and on the other to resist it and establish human liberty. The Southern States and Southern people have been represented as ‘defenders’ of slavery, and the Northern as the champions of universal freedom This is a falsehood.

Read the following extract from Chapter 6 (Incident at the Window) of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and then answer the question that follows. In this extract, Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield are talking to Dr. Jekyll through his window.The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset. The middle one of the three windows was half-way open; and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll. "What! Jekyll!" he cried. "I trust you are better.""I am very low, Utterson," replied the doctor drearily, "very low. It will not last long, thank God.""You stay too much indoors," said the lawyer. "You should be out, whipping up the circulation like Mr. Enfield and me. (This is my cousin—Mr. Enfield—Dr. Jekyll.) Come now; get your hat and take a quick turn with us.""You are very good," sighed the other. "I should like to very much; but no, no, no, it is quite impossible; I dare not. But indeed, Utterson, I am very glad to see you; this is really a great pleasure; I would ask you and Mr. Enfield up, but the place is really not fit.""Why then," said the lawyer good-naturedly, "the best thing we can do is to stay down here and speak with you from where we are." "That is just what I was about to venture to propose," returned the doctor, with a smile. But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below. They saw it but for a glimpse, for the window was instantly thrust down; but that glimpse had been sufficient, and they turned and left the court without a word.

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 3:

How many words make up 80% of our everyday language? (Tier 1 vocabulary)

Possible Answers:

a) 800

b) 1500

c) 2000

d) 8000

e) 10,000

Which tier?

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 3:

How many words make up 80% of our everyday language? (Tier 1 vocabulary)

Possible Answers:

a) 800

b) 1500

c) 2000

d) 8000

e) 10,000

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 4:

What % of students at PRS agree that having good vocabulary is important in life?

(Survey Dec 2018 Yr 7-10)

Possible Answers:a) 62%

b) 78%

c) 83%

d) 94%

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 4:

What % of students at PRS agree that having good vocabulary is important in life?

(Survey Dec 2018 Yr 7-10)

Possible Answers:a) 62%

b) 78%

c) 83%

d) 94%

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 5:

What % of students at PRS agree that they get rewarded for using good vocabulary?

Possible Answers:a) 35%

b) 42%

c) 59%

d) 68%

e) 85%

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 5:

What % of students at PRS agree that they get rewarded for using good vocabulary?

Possible Answers:a) 35%

b) 42%

c) 59%

d) 68%

e) 85%

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 6:

How many students at PRS believe their exercise books are a true reflection of how strong their vocabulary is?

Possible Answers:

a) 1 in 10

b) 1 in 5

c) 2 in 4

d) 3 in 4

The Research: Why are words so important?

Quiz

Question 6:

How many students at PRS believe their exercise books are a true reflection of how strong their vocabulary is?

Possible Answers:

a) 1 in 10

b) 1 in 5

c) 2 in 4

d) 3 in 4

Year 9Vocabulary Matters

Overview

1. 6 Key Questions2. Research

3. Next Steps

The Principles and Theory of Learning Checks

Vocabulary is one of the significant factors that proved relevant to students achieving

Grades 9-4.

Words offer students the tools for classroom

success, alongside the capability to

communicate in the world beyond the school gates.

Word knowledge is critical for success in

every subject.

Vocabulary allows us to interpret the world and

express ourselves.(friendships,

relationships, workplace, social situations)

Why are words so important?

Why should we prioritise the development of vocabulary at PRS?

The Principles and Theory of Learning Checks

Children with a restricted vocabulary at 5 years old

were more likely to be poor readers as adults, experience higher unemployment rates and even have more mental

health issues

With the new, bigger and harder qualifications at every Key Stage, the demands of vocabulary

has increased.

At every year of secondary school,

children are routinely expected to read texts that are considerably

beyond their chronological age.

Students in our school are struggling daily with

the reading and comprehension of our

challenging texts.

Why are words so important?

Why should we prioritise the development of vocabulary at PRS?

Year 9Vocabulary Matters

Overview

1. 6 Key Questions2. Research

3. Next Steps

Year 9Why does vocabulary matter?

1. Exams2. 6th Form

3. College/Apprenticeships4. University5. Careers6. Future

Year 9Vocabulary Matters

Aims:

● To ensure that you understand why vocabulary matters● To ensure that you understand how to improve your

vocabulary

Which words should I focus on?

We have asked the staff at PRS to ...• All teachers/ LAs explicitly teach 5 Tier 2 (or Tier 3) words per Half

Term (in depth)

• 5 words x 10 subjects = 50 new words

• 50 words X 6 Half Terms = 300 new words

• 300 new words helps to unlock 3000-4000 new words in that same year

• 3000-4000 X 7 years = 21,000- 28,000 words (from Yr 7-13)

Next Steps...

Individual

Whole-school

Department

Year 1 of 5

Curiosity & ConsciousnessFrayer ModelDale ModelLow-stakes testing

Teachers will teach academic (Tier 2) vocabulary explicitly and clearly, with coherent planning throughout the curriculum. Form Time Programme

Implementation of word banksVocabulary Achievement PointsYear Group assemblies/website

The Frayer Model

Student friendly definition Characteristics/ Illustration

Examples

(Synonyms)

Non-Examples

Antonyms

Word or Term

The Frayer Model

DefinitionThe condition of being alone, especially

when this makes you feel unhappy

The fact that something is separate and not connected to other things

Characteristics/ Illustration

Examples

(Synonyms)

The prisoner had been kept in isolation for three days.It was an isolated incident.part,

away, divorced, secluded, aloneness, seclusion, solitude

Non-Examples

(Antonyms)

companionship, camaraderie, fellowship, company, society,

togetherness

Isolation

Individual

Whole-school

Department

Year 1 of 5

Curiosity & ConsciousnessFrayer ModelDale ModelLow-stakes testing

Teachers will teach academic (Tier 2) vocabulary explicitly and clearly, with coherent planning throughout the curriculum. Form Time Programme

Implementation of word banksVocabulary Achievement PointsYear Group assemblies/website