The Literacy Engine drives the use of structured literacy approaches for tutor time and across the curriculum to support and empower all teachers to become teachers of literacy. With evidence informed strategies at their core, our tutor time resources are flexible enough to put you in control. When you choose The Literacy Engine we support you to embed it your way.
Gears of Thought
Gears of Thought are weekly extended reading packs to embed modelled non-fiction reading into your Form Tutor Programme or across the curriculum.
Every month, members download a set of weekly extended reading packs for use in tutor time and across the curriculum. The texts in each pack explore a rich variety of topics significant to that time of the year. 160+ texts across 40 weekly extended reading packs.
- Hot topics from around the world
- This week in History
- Influential people
- Have you ever wondered...?
Development Cogs
The Development Cogs harnesses the power of extended reading and the study of non-fiction texts to provide a powerful and evidence-based method for teaching PSHE, SMSC, British Values, and Citizenship topics. This approach simultaneously supports the holistic development of students as individuals and enhances their reading skills through the acquisition of real-world knowledge.
A Companion Guide to all The Literacy Engine resources including practical solutions to integrating our Interactive Read Aloud model across your school and harnessing the power of our expert created resources to develop the reading fluency of your students.
The Oracy Engine is a transformative framework designed to empower schools with a comprehensive approach to enhancing student communication skills. Rooted in the belief that effective oracy is fundamental to academic success and personal growth, this strategy provides a structured framework that cultivates articulate expression, active listening, and confident communication.
The Debate Drive is a structured programme that builds confident talk and discussion on a bedrock of foundational knowledge. By using the Debate Drive model and resources, students will participate in structured discussion around key issues from a position of knowledge. No longer will the content of a talk be a barrier to participation in the discussion.
Rich and Varied Content
- Hot topics from around the world
- This week in History
- Influential people
- Have you ever wondered...?
Topical and Cultural
Topics chosen for their cultural significance to develop students’ crucial background knowledge and enable them to comprehend challenging academic texts.
Significant People
Each week a person that has made a significant contribution to humanity will be selected for students to read about.
- Scientists and their discoveries
- Writers and their works
- Influential people in politics
- Sporting heroes
A focus on the nuts and bolts of literacy
Preload Vocabulary
Each text will have a selection of five key Tier 3 Vocabulary choices pulled out to share with students prior to reading it. This preloading of difficult vocabulary improves comprehension of the text as it reduces the amount of time students spend stumbling over unfamiliar words.
Etymology Extra
Key words across the packs will be drawn out for an extended look into the etymology of the word so students can begin to unlock the roots of our rich and diverse language and start to form links between similar sounding words.
Comprehension
To review the texts and assess how well students have understood them, each text contains a set of five comprehension questions. They make a perfect stimulus for discussion around the text and for enrichment of the ideas within them.