Alex Riley

Secondary English teacher & KS3 Coordinator 👨‍🏫 @SDatturton alumni 👨‍🎓

[David Didau @DavidDidau]

Scaffolding is not a synonym for support.
It should be temporary, responsive, and designed to disappear.

5 principles for effective scaffolding https://t.co/CQYXMfua7q

[Alex Riley @MrAlexRiley]

I'm going to be teaching A Level English Language for the first time in September. Does anybody have any CPD recommendations? Websites, courses, videos, workbooks etc. that would help with my subject knowledge. I really appreciate it! @Team_English1

[Scott McFarnell @SMcfarnell]

Beware of the avant-guard dog

(from https://t.co/I1Y8ceuo9T)

[Michael Chiles 🌍 @m_chiles]

***CODIFYING FEEDBACK***

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What are we @LHS_HighSchool doing to codify feedback and create opportunities for students to feedforward?

All too often feedback doesn’t create opportunities for students to feedforward and allow application to different contexts from across the curriculum. It ends up looking at isolated components / composites creating a disconnect between what has been learnt and the extent to which students are successful with applying knowledge.

How are creating clarity and consistency across subjects when students are demonstrating their proficiency in applying knowledge to the subject disciplines?

How do we create opportunities for students to respond and act on the feedback?

@mel_mwicks @MissCole279

Read below 👇

[Alex Riley @MrAlexRiley]

@adamboxer1 Ahhh I see. That makes total sense now that I've re-read your initial post. Ignore me — day one has been a long one...

[Alex Riley @MrAlexRiley]

@The_DBAwards #PublishDiverseBooks

[The Diverse Book Awards @The_DBAwards]

12 days of diverse books to giveaway! 🎉🎉🎉
Day 7: WIN a copy of I'm Going to be a Princess, Grandad's Pride, One Little World, Shine and Gina Kaminski Saves the World. To enter FOLLOW US, RT, LIKE and COMMENT #PublishDiverseBooks
Closes at 6pm. UK & Ireland only.

#Giveaway

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

🚨 NEW BLOG 🚨

‘Disciplinary talk’

“Disciplinary talk is a recognition that mathematicians, scientists, and geographers, communicate in subtly different ways, and that talk routines can be well matched to curriculum content in those different areas.”

https://t.co/t8viKFYmJK

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

*** ‘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

[Alex Riley @MrAlexRiley]

@oldandrewuk That we work 9-3

[Alex Riley @MrAlexRiley]

@oldandrewuk Not having the time to keep on top of the individual samctions. E.g. I've issued two teacher detentions for after school where the students need to come to my room at the end of the day. They do not attend - it is upscaled - it gets lost in the ether.

[Alex Riley @MrAlexRiley]

@oldandrewuk Coming up with examples/anecdotes/analogies on the spot to explain something.

[🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk @TeacherToolkit]

The Pros of Live Marking

Here are my pros and cons of the method which will take me through to the far-away land of mid-July… https://t.co/NNJotHD83k

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Lesson feedback: don't send it, don't give it - co-construct it. Otherwise, it won't be worth it. https://t.co/jT5sJnQ0WN

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

*** NEW POST ***

'Supporting Exam Preparation: The Final Mile'

As national exams approach there is a key question: “how do we get pupils to take over responsibility for their learning in the final mile?”

This blog shares 6 practical strategies.

https://t.co/oq0rCSevjx

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

My @tes article on adaptive teaching is still proving popular. My recent conversations with school leaders have indicated a shift away from some of the problematic approaches to differentiation.

‘Differentiation is dead, long live adaptive teaching’

https://t.co/nJ33TxsEKq

[Ben Newmark @bennewmark]

New. Why Adam Boxer has annoyed me.
https://t.co/ZqswYHy6zV

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

🚨 CHRISTMAS BOOKS GIVEAWAY 🚨

Fancy some edu-reading for Xmas? It is advent time, so I’ve decided to give away full ‘Closing the Gap’ collections (all 3 books) to ***2*** prize winners.

Simply RETWEET this post to enter.

[I’ll be drawing the two winners on 8th December]

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

266 years ago today one of the strangest artists in history was born: William Blake.

He was a poet, a prophet, a painter, a Romantic, an environmentalist, an abolitionist, and a mystic.

The word "unique" is overused, but William Blake truly was unlike any other...