A Practical Guide to using Storyline Across the Curriculum : Inspiring Learning with Passion (Hardcover)

Part I: The Theory, Philosophy and Approach Explained

1. Introduction
2. What is storyline?
3. Learning and the curriculum
4. Learning and pedagogy
5. What does Storyline look like in the classroom?

Part II: Four Approaches to Planning a Storyline

6. The Street

A storyline on the topic of World War 2

7. The Letter

Storylines on The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark and on working with another school

8. The Challenge

A Junior Dragon’s Den Storyline

9. The Visitor

Storylines about visitors from space, from novels and from a poet

Part III: Assessment and Planning Approaches

10. Choosing your Storyline approach
11. Storyline and curriculum planning
12. Wats of presenting and assessing the learning

Part IV: Appendices: Practitioner Examples, Plans, Case Studies and Templates

1. Storyline in a day
2. Alien writing frame
3. Practitioner example: Alien story
4. Practitioner example: WW11 example plan
5. Practitioner example: Highland Clearances (The Street)
6. Practitioner example: Wizard School (The Street)
7. Practitioner example: M Q of S (The Letter)
8. Practitioner example: Forest School (The Letter)
9. Practitioner example: Our Railway (The Challenge)
10. Practitioner example: Middle Ages (The Challenge)
11. Practitioner example: Egypt: (The Visitor)
12. Practitioner example: Wind Farm (The Visitor)
13. Practitioner example: Noisy neighbours and Refugees (The Street)
14. Synopsis planning format
15. Blank planning format
16. Storyline Planning template
17. WW11 complete synopsis
18. WW11 complete plan
19. Rainforest complete synopsis
20. Rainforest complete plan
21. Deforestation example
22. Assessment blank proforma
23. Completed assessment grid

  24. Using Templates