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Schemes of work: Geography at key stage 3 Teacher's Guide

APPENDIX 5: POSSIBLE LINKS BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY AND LITERACY

WHAT IS IT? IDENTIFYING FEATURES AND PROCESSES

Specific language skills encouraged

The development of new vocabulary progressing in range and complexity as pupils encounter an increasing variety of physical, human and environmental features and processes. Stories, poems, information, books and dictionaries are important sources of words and ideas for all groups.

Examples of connections to literacy

  • use a growing vocabulary, varying the vocabulary and level of detail and with increasing precision and aptness
  • use a variety of strategies to identify unfamiliar words
  • communicate meaning using appropriate vocabulary
  • spell polysyllabic words and use words precisely

Examples of connections to geography programme of study

  • communicate in appropriate ways (1f)
  • describe physical and human features (3c)
  • describe patterns of physical or human features (4a)
  • identify physical and human processes (4b)
  • describe environmental change (5a)

Where is it?

What is it like?

How did it come to be like this?

How is it changing?

What do I/ others think and feel about this?