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CJ

@CJTeachesEng

Whole School Lead for Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Competency | he/him

 Wales, United Kingdom
Joined November 2017
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Here are some Back-to-Basics activities to use with your students. Link: drive.google.com/drive/folde…
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Writer's Toolkit - Priestley - An Inspector Calls - Methods and devices for higher conceptual thinking! #AIC #engchat #teamenglish #gcseliterature #aninspectorcalls
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You know those classrooms with neon posters, dangly's on the ceiling, and 100 different displays? They're bad for learning. Children become "distracted," spending "more time off task and demonstrating "smaller learning gains when the walls were highly decorated."
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Image from Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” (@MrDanielBuck)
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NEW BLOG: We need to talk about oracy A taste of my ResearchEd talk. @researchEDBrum learningfrommymistakesenglis…
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**Vary Sentence Length*** Here are some resources on varying sentence lengths. Example provided by Gary Provost docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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📚We’re exploring “focus weeks” to raise technical accuracy in Year 7 (caps & full stops → commas → etc.) - but I’m sceptical. Has anyone tried this or can point me to the research? 📚 Please RT @AlexJQuigley @FunkyPedagogy @lamb_heart_tea @HaleDonal
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Nothing special here. I needed a list of quotations categorised by character for ‘An Inspector Calls’ as part of a lesson so quickly put this together. If it’s useful to you, help yourselves! @Team_English1 dropbox.com/s/fty26x7x5nf8lj…
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A lovely couple days of sentence-level instruction using @TheWritingRevol strategies: ✅Because, but, so ✅Appositives ✅Single-paragraph outline ✅Transition words and phrases
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**Vary Sentence Length*** Here are some resources on varying sentence lengths: docs.google.com/document/d/1… Example provided by Gary Provost
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🌟 It's finally here. My book is in print! - Two years of writing and research - Drawing on over 20 years of experience Thank you so much for all of the support. Out this week! Pre-order: amzn.eu/d/jg21b6m
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Image from Shareen Wilkinson FCCT (@ShareenAdvice)
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📚In need of fresh book ideas for Yr 7 form time reading. Any must-reads to keep them hooked? 📚 @FunkyPedagogy @EnglishWales @ThinkReadHQ @reading_league @AlexJQuigley
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Twenty five giants of Rhetoric Knowing rhetorical devices is good, recognising them is better, using them is best! LINK for a PDF drive.google.com/file/d/0B_4…
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Rainy days are perfect days to dig into a good book!🌧️ “The vast majority of teachers never learn anything about teaching writing during their training. And writing, it turns out, is even harder to teach than reading…if you want to enable your students to understand what they read, convert information into long-lasting knowledge, and learn to think critically, teaching them to write is about the best thing you can do.” (Wexler, 2019) @natwexler There are many reasons why I love “The Knowledge Gap” and its focus on writing instruction, citing the well documented research of @JudithCHochman from @Windward_school, is one of them: “writing English is like learning a second language, with different demands and conventions.” (Hochman as cited in Wexler, 2019, p.221)
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Replying to @AlexJQuigley @BarbaraBleiman @AndrewEMC
Pleased to say, I agree with both of you! 🙌📝❤️🙌 Sentence-level instruction: Our viewpoint writing4pleasure.com/2023/09…
Sentence-level instruction: Our viewpoint

Sentence-level instruction: Our viewpoint

DOWNLOAD THIS ARTICLE “We are all of us, of school age and older, in the sentences game. Sentences are our writing commons, the shared ground where every writer walks. A poet works with them, but s…

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🚨 New member upload 🚨 Creative Writing: These creative writing lessons draw on animated tales as stimuli for writing. Great for KS3 and may be useful as cover. Find them here: buff.ly/460hTp8🐝 #Litdrive #TeamEnglish @Team_English1
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I have created an overview document of the new spec for WJEC 2025 Double and Single award, sharing in case it is of use. It is based on the spec released on Friday. @CSC_langlitcomm docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Assessment Overview

Assessment Overview

Overview of wjec.co.uk/umbraco/surface/blobstorage/download?nodeId=52463 Guided Learning Hours Single Award: 120 – 140 hours Double Award: 240 – 280 hours Key Points Non-examination Assessments:...

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Excited to see my article on reading in Geography has been published teachingtimes.com/reaching-s… #geographyteacher @TeachingTimes
Reaching Students With Reading In The Geography Classroom - TeachingTimes

Reaching Students With Reading In The Geography Classroom - TeachingTimes

Reading comprehension has a profound effect on students' attainment in Geography by allowing them to better access lesson content. Emily Chandler explores a number of texts and reading-based exerci...

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GIVEAWAY!!! 👇 To celebrate the publication of STORM CHILD on July 4th, I have a complete set of my books to give away to a school library. RT and follow to enter (if you already follow me, just RT). Winner chosen at random on July 1st @PushkinPress @PushkinChildren
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'How I teach extended writing in science' by @Dr_Castelino: drcastelino.wordpress.com/20…
How I teach extended writing in Science.

How I teach extended writing in Science.

In Science, our longest response question is a 6 mark question. When we mark these, we use a mark scheme that provides guidance for acceptable responses that can fit into one of up to three levels.…

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📚 Looking for advice! Has anyone successfully implemented The Writing Revolution's 'Single Paragraph Outline' across their school? How did you do it, and what challenges did you face along the way? Any tips greatly appreciated. Please RT 🏫
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