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

The Hodder Project: Levels 3-4 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 3 to Level 4. It comprises the Teacher’s Resource, Pupil’s Book and 6 Readers.

Teacher’s Resource: full guidance on using the scheme – information on characteristics of Level 3 and 4 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 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 3 to Level 4.
• 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.
• Systematically addresses the needs of pupils working significantly below Level.

Table of Contents:
Using the scheme
Aims of the scheme
Scheme contents
How the scheme works
About the Pupil's Books
About the reading books
About assessment
About the Teacher's Resource
What is involved in moving from Level 3 to Level 4 in reading?
Securing progress through Level 3
Progressing to Level 4
STEP 1: Assess what your pupils can already do
Test 1: Visit to the Museum
Test 2: The Money Pit of Oak Island
Class Record of Progress
Pupil Record of Progress
STEP 2: Set personal reading targets for Level 3-4 readers
Target cards
STEP 3: Use the Pupil's Book to teach and track progress
Teaching plans for the Pupil's Book
A: The Reading Experience
B: The Active Reader
C: Reading Strategies
D: Using Information
E: The Critical Reader
STEP 4: Use the reading books to apply and consolidate learning
Matching texts to skills and strategies
Introducing the books to groups
STEP 5: Reassess pupils at the end of the scheme
Test 3: The Old Cottage
Test 4: The Legend of Atlantis
Information about the reading books, including photocopy masters: Level 3
1 In Your Own Words
2 Robinson Crusoe's Diary
3 You Wouldn't Want To Be Ill In Tudor Times!
Information about the reading books, including photocopy masters: Level 4
4 Jacob's Ladder
5 Century
6 The Solar System

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