Member Workshop: Teaching Reading and Writing through Stories

Let’s dive into how to use the new Abridge Academy story themed lessons to teach reading and writing skills. In this face-to-face workshop, members worked through example lessons, discussed teaching strategies, and considered how to fit these lessons into their specific students’ learning plans.

Missed us live? No worries, watch the replay below:

Of particular note, we discussed:

  • How to find the most suitable stories for your students.
  • Flexibly adapting the lessons by selecting specific sections and activities relevant to your students.
  • Top tips for high quality guided reading questions, including for inferring meaning and developing deeper analytical skills.
  • Using the supplementary resources: worksheets, story summaries, printable craft projects, etc.
  • How to teach the more complicated “twist the tale” lessons, including lots of top tips and working through an example together (great creativity everyone!).
  • How to introduce creative writing to students, gradually introducing and developing narrative writing skills.

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