Tutor program term 2

1. Knowledge Organisers Tutor programme Term 2

2. Staff instructions Knowledge Organisers have been introduced this academic year and you have gone through the term 1 tutor programme. The tutor programme for term 2 will help build upon the foundations developed by students in term 1, by demonstrating the different methods you can use with Knowledge Organisers and how to use them effectively. • Each week is broken down to focus on a different method to use with a Knowledge Organiser. Students should be using subject Knowledge Organisers for this that subject teachers have given out. • It is really important that students know and understand how to self-quiz (detailed in the presentation) as this will aid them in learning and remembering the new knowledge they are exposed to over the coming weeks. This strategy is the focus of the first week to get the students to recap what they learnt in term 1. • If at any point you are not sure on something or have a question please do not hesitate to come and see me in CR3 or e-mail me by clicking this link: Edwards@heles.Plymouth.sch.uk Self-Quizzing:

3. Week1: Method 1: Self Quizzing Week 2: Method 2: Redesign the Knowledge organiser Week 3: Method 3: Create a quiz Week 4: Method 4: Metacognition Week 5: Method 5: Create a bingo card Week 6: Method 6: Writing tasks Week 7: Method 7: Silent debate (30 min detentions only) Week 8: Method 8: Bookmarks Knowledge Organisers Different methods you can use

4. As mentioned in slide 2, each week is broken down to focus on a different method of using Knowledge Organisers. Each week the student should select a Knowledge Organiser of their choice and try out the method for that week. If at any point you are not sure on something or have a question please do not hesitate to come and see me in CR3 or e-mail me by clicking this link: Edwards@heles.Plymouth.sch.uk What students have to do

5. Self-Quizzing

6. Method 1: Self Quizzing Self-Quizzing: Students should be familiar with the method of self quizzing from the term 1 tutorial programme they have undertaken. Self-quizzing is about retrieving knowledge and skills from memory and is far more effective than simply re- reading. When you read a Knowledge Organiser, pause periodically to ask questions – without looking in the text – such as: • What are the key ideas? • What terms or ideas are new to me? • How would I define them? • How do the ideas in this text relate to what I already know? Write these down on a separate piece of paper then check what you have written against the Knowledge Organiser and add in any information you have missed with a green pen. You should only be focusing on one section of the Knowledge Organiser at a time for this to be effective.

8. Method 2: Redesign the Knowledge organiser This method involves the student looking at a Knowledge Organiser and redesigning the layout so that it contains the information the student needs to address in order to progress with their learning. This will produce a bespoke Knowledge Organiser catering for that particular students knowledge needs. It is important that the original Knowledge Organiser is still accessible/available as this will be a good point of reference when interleaving previous learnt knowledge.

10. Method 3: Create a quiz This method involves the student looking at a Knowledge Organiser and generating questions based around the Knowledge Organiser. Students then take it in turn to quiz each other based on what they have produced. Co-operative learning strategies are strongly encouraged in this method as they will greatly aid in the learning process.

12. Method 4: Metacognition This method involves the student looking at a Knowledge Organiser and writing a letter or e-mail explaining to someone what you absolutely must know in relation the Knowledge Organiser they are using. As a helpful aid it is worth getting the student to identify the sub headings within the Knowledge Organiser to help with the structure of the letter or e-mail they are planning to write.

14. Method 5: Create a bingo card This method involves the student looking at a Knowledge Organiser and creating a bingo card based on the Knowledge Organiser. Any student that gets a line must explain how the words in that particular line are relevant to the subject/content they are studying. This could also be set as a homework task if you felt it was appropriate.

16. Method 6: Writing tasks This method involves the student looking at a Knowledge Organiser and applying the information on it to a written task. Examples of this could include: 1. Write an acronym poem to explore the skills in the Knowledge Organiser. 2. Write about a time when you knew less about Romeo & Juliet than you do now and impress me with your current knowledge. 3. Write a diary entry as Juliet explaining all the things other characters have said and done.

18. Method 7: Silent debate This method involves the students looking at a Knowledge Organiser in groups. Students are given 4 key titles or sections from a Knowledge Organiser and asked to silently add to all sections till they are all full of their knowledge and added to by each other. Once completed they can then refer to the original Knowledge Organiser to see what information they have left out. The talking chips Co-Operative learning strategy could be used with this method very effectively. (Make sure they use a different coloured pen to show who has made which points points)

20. Method 8: Bookmarks This method involves the student looking at a Knowledge Organiser and creating a bookmark based on the different sections of the Knowledge Organiser. The student is then tasked with learning that information to report back to the class. This method would be very effective if the subject uses text books to work from, as the bookmarks could be used and interchanged as the students progress through the text book.

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