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@J-Rod

Joined 12 April 2021 · 133 posts

Cornwall, UK

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Hey noise, been a long time

@J-Rod Being a teacher

Disciplinary Literacy #4/6 Strategies Over the first 3 blog posts in this series, I have tried to lay out the exigent case for disciplinary literacy and explain our contextual decision to focus of disciplinary vocabulary. Now, I would like to look at some of the strategies to teach vocabulary that we have explored. This is not an exhaustive list of strategies by any means, but should give the reader a flavour of approaches they may take if exploring explicit and direct…

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@J-Rod Being a teacher

Disciplinary Literacy #3/6 In his book ​“Closing the Vocabulary Gap”, Alex Quigley describes a seminal moment in his understanding of the difficulties students face on a daily basis. Trailing a student from lesson to lesson throughout a school day, Alex saw first hand the demands placed on students as they encounter and deal with the complex academic code of that subject’s disciplinary vocabulary. A student might begin with Maths, learning about algebra or geometry,…

@J-Rod Bookworm

We are what we walk between We are what we walk between In David Foster Wallace’s novel, Infinite Jest, the 70 year old Head Coach and Athletic Director of the Enfield Tennis Academy, Gerhardt Schtitt, is reminiscing about his boyhood tennis facilities and tells Mario that the motto was “We are what we walk between.” He explains that a myth of the Euclidian shortest path exists in the minds of the young tennis players. “This myth of competition and bestness... the story that…

@J-Rod Being a teacher

Disciplinary Literacy #2/6 This is the second post of my series describing our school’s implementation journey with disciplinary vocabulary. The EEF Guidance Report on Implementation details the process by which schools and organisations can successfully deliver impactful change. The iterative cycle begins with the Explore phase. As we began our journey into disciplinary vocabulary at Mounts Bay Academy (Penzance), it was imperative that we explored the issue of vocabulary,…

@J-Rod Being a teacher

Disciplinary Literacy #1/6 This is the first post in a series that will detail the journey our school, Mounts Bay Academy, is undertaking to implement some of the strategies detailed in the EEF Guidance Report on Secondary Literacy. John Rodgers, Cornwall Associate Research School The Context At the end of the 2021 summer term, my principal tasked me with leading and implementing a whole school improvement strategy focused on literacy. As I am the Co-Director of Cornwall…

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West Ham looked tired yesterday

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hey noise! how is everyone??

@J-Rod Being a teacher

Super day on a zoom call with Alex Quigley and Whole Education / Words for All looking at Literacy

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West Ham making a great start to the European season

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Saw Mark Cavendish!! #TourofBritain

@J-Rod Out in nature

Today, the Tour of Britain cycling race goes past my house!! I am cheering on Mark Cavendish!

@J-Rod Cricket

Decent first innings lead for England against India

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India fighting back this morning in the fourth test

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England have had 2 good sessions against India in the fourth test match at the Oval

@J-Rod School & studying

September sees the start of a new academic year here in England. I was wondering fellow Noisers... what, for you, is the purpose of education?

@J-Rod Asking for help

Has anyone got their ENS domain name yet? I have and would like some suggestions as to what to do now.

@J-Rod Stories I wrote

Hide and Seek March 16th, 1983 In a thin beam of sunlight, the insects zipped backwards and forwards. They shone like fireflies as they raced through the shaft, each one disappearing against the canopy as it left the light. There were so many that Daniel could not make sense of their movements. He tried to keep his eye on one, but it moved so fast, and the other insects were so many that no sooner had he chosen one to watch he would lose it in the confusion of movement. He…

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West Ham dropped 2 points today. Boo #comeonyouirons

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