16 | Key Stage 3 National Strategy| Pedagogy and practice
Unit 13: Developing reading
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Task 10
Case study 15 minutes
The notes reprinted below came from a Year 8 pupil who was asked to make
notes on pollution from your own readingas a homework assignment.
Read through the response and decide:
- how far the way the task was set contributed to the pupil’s difficulties;
- what other difficulties the pupil had – use the above list to support you;
- what you could do to make the task more focused for the pupil.
