CJ

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

[Bec @MrsRJOwen]

Writer's Toolkit - Priestley - An Inspector Calls - Methods and devices for higher conceptual thinking! #AIC #engchat #teamenglish #gcseliterature #aninspectorcalls

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

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."

[Rhys Williams﮷ @RhysWilliamsTV]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿A significant shift in Welsh education policy this week.

After resisting for 20 years, the Welsh government now says systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) should be a key part of teaching children to read & pupils should not be guided to guess words from pictures or context.

[Chris Curtis @Xris32]

NEW BLOG: We need to talk about oracy

A taste of my ResearchEd talk. @researchEDBrum

https://t.co/trJa86RxL2

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

**Vary Sentence Length***

Here are some resources on varying sentence lengths.

Example provided by Gary Provost

https://t.co/ZEyD8yCcKe

[CJ @CJTeachesEng]

📚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

[Stuart Pryke @SPryke2]

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 https://t.co/4GptBBErdw

[SoL in the Wild @SoLInTheWild]

A lovely couple days of sentence-level instruction using @TheWritingRevol strategies:

✅Because, but, so
✅Appositives
✅Single-paragraph outline
✅Transition words and phrases

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

**Vary Sentence Length***

Here are some resources on varying sentence lengths: https://t.co/ZEyD8yCcKe

Example provided by Gary Provost

[Shareen Wilkinson FCCT @ShareenAdvice]

🌟 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: https://t.co/peahiPKhbN

[CJ @CJTeachesEng]

@MrHisto_ I have a range of short stories saved that I can send if you'd be interested in collaborating?

[CJ @CJTeachesEng]

📚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

[Brendan O'Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @ImtaBrendan]

Twenty five giants of Rhetoric

Knowing rhetorical devices is good, recognising them is better, using them is best!

LINK for a PDF

https://t.co/H7wMHMvNkk

[#WritingRocks✍️😍☺️ writingrocks.bsky.social @WritingRocks_17]

@AlexJQuigley @BarbaraBleiman @AndrewEMC Pleased to say, I agree with both of you! 🙌📝❤️🙌

Sentence-level instruction: Our viewpoint

https://t.co/chiWzdFupC

[Litdrive UK @LitdriveUK]

🚨 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: https://t.co/JQ3iQVu5Wi🐝

#Litdrive #TeamEnglish @Team_English1

[Team English & Literacy, Wales @EnglishWales]

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

https://t.co/88cvIUb1uv

[Emily 🌎 @ChandlerGeog]

Excited to see my article on reading in Geography has been published https://t.co/NAuB7C8MdJ #geographyteacher @TeachingTimes

[CJ @CJTeachesEng]

@English_MrsD This looks wonderful! I'd be very grateful to receive a copy. [email protected]

[Ele Fountain @EleFountain]

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