1st Edition
Using AI to Power Primary Literacy A Classroom Guide for Teachers
Introduction
Part 1. Reading
1. Personalised Texts and Reading Lists
2. Speech-to-Text
3. Phonics
4. Interactive Storytelling
5. Reading Fluency
6. Virtual Reading Buddies
7. Reading Games
8. Audiobooks
9. Simplifying and Extending Texts
10. Summarising Texts
Part 2. Comprehension Skills
11. Quizzes
12. Key Moments
13. Vocabulary Expansion and Building
14. Emotion Analysis
15. Book Discussions
16. Reading Aloud to Avatars
17. Reading Challenges
18. Flashcards
19. Guess the Ending
20. Clarify the Confusion
Part 3. Character Descriptions
21. Checking Book Character Descriptions
22. Character Analysis
23. Context of Characters
24. Appearance and Personality
25. Revealing Character through Actions
26. Character Development
27. Sentence Starters
28. Opposites and Comparisons
29. Emotive Language
30. Dialogue
Part 4. Setting Descriptions
31. Example Texts
32. Change the Timeline
33. Adding Sensory Detail
34. Developmental Prompts
35. Weather and Other Influences
36. Colour and Tone
37. Feedback on Descriptions
38. Movement
39. Other Worlds
40. Contrasting Places
Part 5. Poetry
41. Explaining Literary Devices
42. More Figurative Language
43. Writing Ballads
44. Structured Poetry
45. Free Verse
46. Poetry Prompts
47. Rhyme
48. Thematic Ideas
49. Collaborative Ideas
50. Poetry Analysis
Part 6. Non-Fiction
51. Structure
52. Research
53. Captions And Headings
54. Lesson Planning
55. Topic Related Vocabulary
56. Fact vs. Opinion
57. Summarising
58. Explaining Features
59. Creating Narrative Non-Fiction
60. Writing Conclusions
Biography
Adam Bushnell is an award-winning author of fictional and academic books. He has had over fifty books published including Descriptosaurus: Story Writing and Modelling Exciting Writing. He works in the UK and internationally in both state and private education delivering creative writing workshops to all ages. Previously a teacher, Adam also delivers Continuous Professional Development to teachers on how to inspire reading and writing in the classroom.
“As with any new innovation or teaching and learning tool, it is the fear of the unknown or the lack of an infrastructure to navigate the resource that inhibits its effective adoption. This new and groundbreaking publication is a timely and comprehensive guide on how to harness the power of AI to enhance the teaching and learning of literacy in primary classrooms.”
Alison Wilcox, creator of Descriptosaurus."Wow...I never realised how much I could do with AI to enhance my teaching and save huge amounts of time. Reading and writing is about to be supercharged! Adam has carefully crafted a book of AI gold-dust to help enhance your teaching and revolutionise the way you plan, resource and deliver your lessons. This book is filled with a variety of simple, yet mind blowing ideas that AI can do that will save endless hours, while enhancing every lesson!"
Andrew Jennings, Vocabulary Ninja.
