How to create English comprehension lessons
Parent-Teacher Training EPISODE #3
30-minute session on how to create, teach, and assess English comprehension lessons. Use of online timers, unlimited free reading texts, and the good old viva voce technique are all covered in detail.
The subject is ENGLISH and the focus is COMPREHENSION.
The AIM is to be able to plan, prepare, teach and assess English comprehension,
You will be able to apply these techniques to all kinds of reading materials.
TEACHING AGE RANGE: 5-16+ years (depending on the difficulty of the text you select).
PARENT-TEACHER TRAINING COURSE
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Link to online timer/stopwatch website:
https://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Link to online bomb timer:
https://www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/
Link to the text:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Twits-Dahl-Fiction-Roald/dp/0141365498/ref=sr_1_19?dchild=1&keywords=roald+dhal&qid=1632387315&sr=8-19
Link to viva voce definition:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viva%20voce
If you would like to access all the materials from the video and much, much more then please click below to subscribe to my Parent-Teacher Training Course, for parents and grandparents who wish to educate their children from home.
"Education not indoctrination."
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Episode #3 of The Plumley Pod
This is the audio version of the instalment published on Sunday 19th September 2021 titled: Elective Home Education
Here is the link to the written version:
https://sarahplumley.substack.com/p/elective-home-education
Link to DfE document: "Elective home education. Departmental guidance for parents."
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791528/EHE_guidance_for_parentsafterconsultationv2.2.pdf
Link to DfE document: "Elective home education, Departmental guidance for local authorities."
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791527/Elective_home_education_gudiance_for_LAv2.0.pdf
Here is the article on Unregistered Schools (illegal):
https://sarahplumley.substack.com/p/unregistered-schools-are-illegal
Sarah Plumley is providing training for parents who wish to home educate. You can learn more by clicking the link below.
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https://sarahplumley.substack.com/about
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Why you SUCK at maths... and what we can do about it!
Parent-Teacher Training EPISODE #2
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Grab a notebook and a pen and settle down for this 50-minute session on how to turn anyone into a competent and confident mathematician.
The subject is MATHS and the focus is MULTIPLICATION
I will walk you through the foundational skills of all top mathematicians, simultaneously blasting the myth that you’re either good at maths, or you’re not.
Mathematics prodigies aren’t born, they’re made!
You will be able to apply these techniques to all areas of teaching mathematics and will be able to provide hours of lessons for your children.
TEACHING AGE RANGE: 7-16+ years.
Link to the book referenced in the training video:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bounce-Myth-Talent-Power-Practice/dp/0007350546
If you would like to access all the materials from the video and much, much more, then please click below to subscribe to my Parent-Teacher Training Course, for parents and grandparents who wish to educate their children from home.
"Education not indoctrination."
CLICK BELOW to sign up for the free PARENT-TEACHER TRAINING course:
https://sarahplumley.substack.com/about
Any English-speaking person can learn to teach their children from home, your country of residence is irrelevant as teaching techniques are universal!
This course teaches HOW to teach, rather than what to teach, so you get to decide what is best for your children.
See you on the inside!
Sarah Plumley
Thinker-Teacher-Truther
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How to turn free stuff into GREAT lessons for your children.
Parent-Teacher Training EPISODE #1
PARENT-TEACHER TRAINING COURSE
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Grab a notebook and a pen and settle down for this 30-minute session on how to turn free stuff into GREAT lessons for your children!
The subject is ENGLISH and the focus is GRAMMAR.
I’ve gone for the jugular: the difference between your and you’re!
However, the crucial learning point for YOU isn’t the grammar, (you should know that already), it is how to turn a free webpage into several GREAT lessons.
You will be able to apply these techniques to all matters of English grammar.
TEACHING AGE RANGE: 7-16+ years.
Link to website used in the training video:
https://writingexplained.org/
Link to webpage used in the training video:
https://writingexplained.org/your-vs-youre-difference
If you would like to access all the materials from the video and much, much more then please click below to subscribe to my Parent-Teacher Training Course, for parents and grandparents who wish to educate their children from home.
"Education not indoctrination."
CLICK BELOW to sign up for the free PARENT-TEACHER TRAINING course:
https://sarahplumley.substack.com/about
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Episode #2 of The Plumley Pod
This is the audio, (and more colloquial), version of the instalment published on Sunday 5th September 2021 titled: Designing your child’s curriculum.
Here is the link to Sarah's article mentioned in the podcast: The Great British Exams Scandal:
https://sarahplumley.substack.com/p/the-great-british-exams-scandal
Also, here is the link to the article from The New Scientist called "Too much too young: should schooling start at age 7?"
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029435-000-too-much-too-young-should-schooling-start-at-age-7/
About Parent-Teacher Training:
https://sarahplumley.substack.com/about
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