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Literacy > National Geographic Theme Sets
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R. Ages
7-14
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Cross curricular,
differentiated for
personal learning
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4 Levels of Ability
in each of 8
Theme Sets
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National Geographic Personalised Learning |
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Cross curricular theme sets, differentiated to support and develop literacy skills
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National Geographic Personalised Learning Theme Sets have been written to address the developmental needs of students with a wide range of reading abilities.
- High interest theme sets contain four different books with the same core concepts but within
different contexts and at different reading levels
- Teachers need only plan one lesson as all the books follow the same format
- The resources are cross curricular which helps you teach more of the curriculum
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Suitable for:
• Key Stage 2 - Primary Schools
• Key Stage 3 - Secondary Schools
What it is:
• Books to teach at 4 different levels of ability with the same set of key concepts and core vocabulary
• 8 sets of 4 non-fiction differentiated titles
• Reading Age 7.6 – 11.9; Interest Age 7-14
• Cross-curricular – can be used for literacy skills in topic work and science
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Key Features
Research & Write
Write your own
- News Report
- Cause and Effect Article
- Problem-Solution article
- Pro-Con Article
Create your own
- Encyclopaedia
- Pamphlet
- Photo essay
- Explanation
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| Comprehension
Strategies
- Determining Importance
- Synthesising
- Making Inferences
- Visualising
- Making Connections
- Asking Questions
- Inferences
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How National Geographic personalises
learning in your classroom:
Proven to succeed: helps you teach 4
different levels of ability in the same lesson
Example of Overview available for each Theme Set as detailed in Teaching Guides
Key Concepts – common set of key concepts in all four differentiated books within the same theme.
Research and Write – An opportunity to practise researching and writing skills by creating word based on the text type study students have learned about.
Comprehension Focus – Each theme targets one specific comprehension strategy which include determining importance, making connections, visualising, asking questions, making inferences and synthesising.
Genre Study – Each Theme Set focuses on one informative text writing text type. It is defined and explained to students and how it is connected to the subject matter. Text types include biographies, how-to, compare and contrast, news report, reference sources and others |
Differentiated Personalised Learning -
8 sets of 4 informative text books.
Progression within each theme:
- Text increases and sentence structure becomes
more complex
- vocabulary develops from simple language to
more complex
- Number of concepts covered in a given
section increases
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Similarities within each theme:
- The same key concepts are developed
- A variety of visual literacy elements are provided
- All students are encouraged to research and write
- A variety of non-fiction characteristics are presented
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