Hodder Reading Project: Level 2-3 Teacher's Resource

Summary:
The Hodder Reading Project provides an accelerated route for lower-attainers to catch up with their peers in reading. It giver clear support for teachers working with pupils whose reading levels are significantly below the national average.



The Hodder Project: Levels 2-3 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 2 to Level 3. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 12 Readers.



Teacher's Resource: full guidance on using the scheme - information on characteristics of Level 2 and 3 readers and securing progress through one level to the next; tests to diagnose pupil's Level, produce their reading profile, target-set and to tailor appropriate teaching using Pupil's Book and Readers, and follow-up tests for use after scheme to track progress; support for using the Pupil's Book to teach and track progress, linking activities to the NLS and KS3 framework; comprehensive guidance on teaching the Readers with full plans, objectives, pupil reading guides and photocopiable masters.

• Explicit teaching of reading skills that accelerates learning and boosts attainment in reading from Level 2 to Level 3.
• Systematically addresses the needs of pupils working significantly below Level.
• A flexible approach that can be used one-to-one, with small groups or as a series of masterclasses.
• Focus on active learning and pupil-centred approach - pupils identify their own targets and track their progress as they work through the scheme.

Table of Contents:
Using the scheme
How the scheme works
About the Pupil's Book
About the reading books
About the Teacher’s Resource book
What is involved in moving from Level 2 to Level 3 in reading?
Securing progress through Level 2
Progressing to Level 3
The language used in the Pupil's Book and reading books
Assessing what your pupils can do
Test 1: The Wood
Test 2: The Tarantula
Record of progress
Setting personal reading targets for Level 2–3 readers
Target cards
Using the textbook to teach and track progress
Teaching plans for the textbook
A: The Reading Experience
B: Responding to Reading
C: Reading Strategies
D: Finding What You Need
E: Literature
Using the reading books to apply and consolidate learning
Level 2 texts
Level 3 texts
Introducing the books to groups
Reassessing pupils at the end of the scheme
Test 3: The Barn
Test 4: Cobra
Information about the reading books, including photocopy masters: Level 2
1 The Underground
2 Shop Till You Drop
3 Ant & Dec
4 Martin Luther King
5 Place Your Bets
6 I Never Done Nothing
Information about the reading books, including photocopy masters: Level 3
7 Foul Play
8 Urban Myths
9 The Black Death
10 You won’t believe this but…
11 Mini-sagas
12 The Red Fox

About the Author(s):
Sue Hackman has been closely involved in the development of the Key Stage 3 English Strategy, and is the author of successful material for lower-attainers, including Fast Forward and Hodder English Gold.

Readership:
Teachers and pupils