Effective intervention at secondary school requires concentrated firepower that brings both rapid and lasting results. ‘Quick wins’ are the enemy.
Read more in our blog ‘Can’t Read, Won’t Read: Matthew Effects ’ https://t.co/JNYG4LKXy4 (4 min read).
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COMPETITION- I'm giving away 3 signed copies of The Behaviour Whisperer, to help teachers improve behaviour as the academic year starts. Simply RT to enter. Lucky winners will be drawn out on the evening of Thursday 12 Sept.
If you've read the fabulous Teach Like A Champion 3.0
@Doug_Lemov's 63 wonderful strategies to choose from to enhance your teaching, here's a summary!
Thanks @AndrewWatsonTTB -in the folder there's one with a blank 'Do This' column for you to fill in.
https://t.co/dxKZGvLeYl
🌟Blog post🌟if you wanted a bit more detail about my @TMEnglishIcons presentation on our Year 8 Curriculum: Powerful Voices, then I've written it all up here and included some comments about The Bone Sparrow that I had to cut because of time. 1/2 https://t.co/BBAgvgM3VC
This excellent blog from @WritingRocks_17 really chimes with me. I’ve done lots of sentence work and it’s had a big impact, especially for writers who don’t know how to start. But that sentence work is not in isolation…1/2 https://t.co/6DYDwWukNZ
*** ‘Write less; read more ***
“Reading more, longer texts could be the solution to improving reading. So, the answer to improve writing must be writing more and writing longer texts too, right? I suggest not.”
https://t.co/nEtIiZd43G
As we reach the end of the academic year, I'm sharing (for free) my folder of Whole Class Reading lessons I've taught across the year. There's multiple full books as we study these 2 x a week and then plenty linked to wider curriculum so science/hist etc
https://t.co/MMLoHljGYu
Adaptive teaching: Scaffolds, Scale, Structure and Style.
@AlexJQuigley take on AT offers a fresh take on how we can adapt learning whilst maintaining high expectations for all students.
Original blog: https://t.co/e691ZjN89Z
Another resource in one of four sub folders. 📂
This is a resource-heavy session, with lots of bits I've not got around to sharing before. ✅
This one follows on from my recent thread on quotations. 🦴
Session one week today 🚨
@Team_English1
https://t.co/ELbSeDkxN9
A writing resource to help pupils improve their sentence variety in both fiction and non fiction writing. I have included a range of different sentences with examples. Download 👉 https://t.co/lRGmeZyASG
At @TrinityAcademyL, many students arrive with a reading age well below their chronological age.
For lots (though, not all) of these students they arrive at secondary school unable to fluently and accurately decode. This is their reading barrier, which needs to be /1
"#writingtips
1. Read your work out loud to see how it might sound to a reader.
2. Don’t weaken your writing with passive voice or excessive adverbs.
3. Use QuillBot! Our Paraphraser, Grammar Checker, and other AI tools can help make your writing awesome. "
An important study for all schools that have gone tech heavy.
Typed notes = ⬆️ more notes
Hand written notes = ⬆️ more learning
https://t.co/pFYHVMApv7
📖 Litdrive CPD 📖
This extended CPD session from @funkypedagogy explores how to teach writing with a focus on academic writing. 🐝
Find it here: https://t.co/oZW7oIn7nV
#LitdriveCPD#TeamEnglish@Team_English1