Define a subject-specific term (e.g.,“metaphor” forEnglish, “mitosis”for Biology,“proportion” forMaths).Share acomprehensionstrategy for readingin your subject(e.g., predicting inEnglish, analysingdata in Maths).Identify achallengingconcept in yoursubject thatrequires extraliteracy support.Give anexample of acomplexsentence usedin your subject.Explain a method tohelp students engagewith technicallanguage in yoursubject (e.g., breakingdown scientificterminology,understanding legalterms in RE).Provide an exampleof a “think-aloud”strategy used inyour subject (e.g.,thinking through amath problem,analysing a poem).Describe astrategy forteachingacademicvocabulary inyour subject.Give an exampleof a disciplinary-specific graph,chart, or diagramthat studentswould encounter inyour subject.Name a methodfor encouragingpeer review orcollaborativewriting in yoursubject.Share an activityto help studentspractice subject-specific writing(e.g. lab reports inScience, essays inHistory).Discuss howyou scaffoldtasks to helpstrugglingreaders in yoursubject.Share an example ofhow you helpstudents makeconnections betweenconcepts (e.g.,linking mathematicalequations to real-world problems).Mention a techniquefor developingstudent’sargumentation skills(e.g., in History,debating; in Science,explaininghypotheses).Describe astrategy to helpstudents interpretprimary sources(e.g., historicaldocuments,scientific studies).Explain a type ofwritten assessmentin your subject(e.g., a book reviewin English, a dataanalysis report inMaths).Define a subject-specific term (e.g.,“metaphor” forEnglish, “mitosis”for Biology,“proportion” forMaths).Share acomprehensionstrategy for readingin your subject(e.g., predicting inEnglish, analysingdata in Maths).Identify achallengingconcept in yoursubject thatrequires extraliteracy support.Give anexample of acomplexsentence usedin your subject.Explain a method tohelp students engagewith technicallanguage in yoursubject (e.g., breakingdown scientificterminology,understanding legalterms in RE).Provide an exampleof a “think-aloud”strategy used inyour subject (e.g.,thinking through amath problem,analysing a poem).Describe astrategy forteachingacademicvocabulary inyour subject.Give an exampleof a disciplinary-specific graph,chart, or diagramthat studentswould encounter inyour subject.Name a methodfor encouragingpeer review orcollaborativewriting in yoursubject.Share an activityto help studentspractice subject-specific writing(e.g. lab reports inScience, essays inHistory).Discuss howyou scaffoldtasks to helpstrugglingreaders in yoursubject.Share an example ofhow you helpstudents makeconnections betweenconcepts (e.g.,linking mathematicalequations to real-world problems).Mention a techniquefor developingstudent’sargumentation skills(e.g., in History,debating; in Science,explaininghypotheses).Describe astrategy to helpstudents interpretprimary sources(e.g., historicaldocuments,scientific studies).Explain a type ofwritten assessmentin your subject(e.g., a book reviewin English, a dataanalysis report inMaths).

Literacy related tasks - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Define a subject-specific term (e.g., “metaphor” for English, “mitosis” for Biology, “proportion” for Maths).
  2. Share a comprehension strategy for reading in your subject (e.g., predicting in English, analysing data in Maths).
  3. Identify a challenging concept in your subject that requires extra literacy support.
  4. Give an example of a complex sentence used in your subject.
  5. Explain a method to help students engage with technical language in your subject (e.g., breaking down scientific terminology, understanding legal terms in RE).
  6. Provide an example of a “think-aloud” strategy used in your subject (e.g., thinking through a math problem, analysing a poem).
  7. Describe a strategy for teaching academic vocabulary in your subject.
  8. Give an example of a disciplinary-specific graph, chart, or diagram that students would encounter in your subject.
  9. Name a method for encouraging peer review or collaborative writing in your subject.
  10. Share an activity to help students practice subject-specific writing (e.g. lab reports in Science, essays in History).
  11. Discuss how you scaffold tasks to help struggling readers in your subject.
  12. Share an example of how you help students make connections between concepts (e.g., linking mathematical equations to real-world problems).
  13. Mention a technique for developing student’s argumentation skills (e.g., in History, debating; in Science, explaining hypotheses).
  14. Describe a strategy to help students interpret primary sources (e.g., historical documents, scientific studies).
  15. Explain a type of written assessment in your subject (e.g., a book review in English, a data analysis report in Maths).