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Improving year 7 literacy performance

Teacher guide Improving year 7 literacy performance

TLF ID S7029

This teacher resource describes a successful strategy developed by Seymour P-12 College in Victoria to improve year 7 students' performance in reading beyond the expected maturational increment. This was achieved through changes in timetabling; allocating students to classes based on current reading levels; and reducing the teacher/student ratio for students with the greatest need. The resource is organised in nine sections: Summary; Target student group; Method; Results; Lessons learned; Next steps; Research base; Further reading and links; and Contacts.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This is a valuable resource for teachers and schools seeking to improve their students' attainment of the Literacy general capability and the year 7 English achievement standard in relation to reading. It describes strategies all schools can implement. These include timetabling changes to schedule all year 7 English classes at the same time before recess and organising class composition by reading age.
  • The resource can also reinforce teachers' understanding that improvement in literacy leads to an improvement in motivation. Seymour P-12 College found that their year 7 strategy led to improvements in the self-esteem, work ethic and engagement of students.
Year level

7

Topics Text structure Reading Sentences (Grammar) School timetables Differentiated curriculum Learning motivation Teaching methods (Reading) Causality
Learning area
  • English

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Organization: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.australia.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • © 2014 Commonwealth of Australia, unless otherwise indicated. This material is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licence (CC BY-SA 3.0 AU) unless otherwise indicated. You may distribute, remix and build upon this material, provided that you include the acknowledgement '© Commonwealth of Australia 2014' and license under the same terms any new creations you have based on the material.