Looking for tools to help level up literacy at your school? Here are six innovative approaches that showcase how Education Perfect can be used in the English classroom.
1. Create a Hybrid Writers’ Workshop
Handwriting is an important part of an English student’s development. Imagine transforming your writing instruction by combining handwritten drafts with digital feedback. Using EP Studio, you can develop a custom writing program where students form ideas and handwrite their initial drafts (maintaining those crucial fine motor skills) to discuss in a partner or group workshop setting before shifting to Education Perfect to do their second draft and take advantage of EP’s peer critique (controlled and anonymous), while automated grammar and structure checks help students self-correct basic errors.
2. Launch a Department-Wide Reading Challenge
Transform your novel study into an engaging cross-class competition. Using Education Perfect’s lesson building and quiz functionality, department members can collaborate on creating content that focuses on comprehension skills and/or the lessons teachers have made specifically relating to themes, characters, historical context or plot points in their set texts. There is a wealth of existing content in EP’s Junior Novels sections that can be used for this purpose and all reading challenge content can be arranged and shared in collaborative folders. Students earn points for completing activities, and live leaderboards track both individual and class progress. The gamified approach drives engagement, while automated marking and differentiation ensure each student progresses at their own pace.
3. Reinvent Grammar Instruction
We know technical English skills can sometimes be dull to teach. EP can help to make technical skills practice engaging with our pre-built tests and existing lesson content from within the ‘Discover’ section of the platform. This contains resources for all levels, from primary through to secondary, and region-specific texts and perspectives to keep the content relevant and engaging. Students can progress through increasingly challenging levels, with automatic remediation ensuring they master basics before moving forward. The platform’s analytics show exactly where students are struggling, with auto marking allowing you to focus class time on specific students and areas that need attention. Turn grammar lessons from a source of groans into a competitive challenge.
4. Build a Whole-School Literacy Initiative
Create a school-wide literacy program using Education Perfect’s collaborative features. Core English teachers can develop and share foundational literacy lessons through the platform, which subject teachers across departments can then integrate into their specific contexts. Track student progress across subjects – Science teachers can see if students are struggling with technical writing, while History teachers can build on analytical skills developed in English.
5. Deliver Personalised Literary Instruction
Address mixed-ability classes by utilising Education Perfect’s differentiation features. Upload your chosen poems or literary works using EP Studio, create different levels of analysis tasks, and let the platform’s automatic differentiation direct students to appropriate content. Advanced students can dive deeper into complex metaphors while others build confidence with basic analysis. Live engagement data helps teachers identify when to step in with additional support.
6. Customise Your Curriculum-Aligned Content
Bridge the gap between standardised resources and your unique teaching approach by customising Education Perfect’s extensive content library. Whether you’re teaching Year 9 Australian Curriculum text response or NCEA Level 1 Unfamiliar Text, EP Studio lets you modify existing curriculum-aligned content to match your department’s specific approach. Add your own scaffolding questions for Shakespeare analysis, incorporate your school’s preferred essay structure templates, or adapt creative writing prompts to reflect your local context. The platform’s flexibility means you can maintain consistency with your department’s teaching methodology while leveraging high-quality, curriculum-mapped resources. Share your customised lessons across your department to ensure all classes receive the same quality instruction, adjusted for their specific needs.
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