Implementing a Whole‑School Literacy Strategy with WordFlyers

WordFlyers is a comprehensive and flexible secondary teaching resource that can be used in a number of ways in the classroom, and as part of your whole‑school literacy strategy. It's so easy to get started!

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  • Perfect for implementing secondary literacy strategies at a class or whole-school level, with every lesson mapped to the requirements of the Literacy and Language strands of the Australian Curriculum.
  • Ideal for homework, revision of previous year’s content or as preparation for testing, there are endless ways to implement WordFlyers into your school’s secondary literacy strategies.
  • This comprehensive and flexible teaching resource is a great solution as part of your whole-school literacy strategy.

WATCH: Getting started with WordFlyers video

Getting your class started

  • Set up classes and students

    Creating a class allows you to easily assign lessons and activities to your students, as a class, group or individually.

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  • Get your students WordFlyers ready

    Send home parent letters and print student logins so your students can access the program at home as well as at school.

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Reviewing your classes and assigning lessons

  • Assess and review performance

    Assess your students’ progress and achievements with the Student reports. Quickly and easily pinpoint strengths and weaknesses and set your students tasks accordingly.

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  • Preview and assign lessons

    Set tasks for your students by assigning WordFlyers lessons that support the content you are covering in class. Use Assignments and work sheets to further reinforce their learning.

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Tips for Implementing WordFlyers for your in‑class or whole‑school literacy strategy

Read our tips for using WordFlyers in your classroom, for homework and as a part of your whole‑school literacy strategy.

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Tips from secondary teachers

Here's how Mark, a teacher in a secondary college in Victoria, uses WordFlyers with his class.

  • Project the unit onto a screen, listen to the narration of the text, or read it to your class.
  • Discuss the text's language features, structure, audience and purpose.
  • Complete the Grammar 1 and Grammar 2 lessons as a class. Refer back to the text as the class attempts the lesson activities.
  • Then set students to work on the Spelling, Punctuation and Reading comprehension lessons.
  • Writing 1 and 2 lessons and the Unit test questions can be set for homework.