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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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    We are ‘Doing Curriculum’ – so what are we stopping?

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    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

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    What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Resources / October 20, 2018

    Vocabulary Clinic

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    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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The Shape of Stories

In Closing the Reading Gap, Uncategorized by Alex Quigley13/01/20185 Comments

Have you ever considered the shape of a story? Perhaps it is a tale that undulates and dips, before rising to a finish. Or it is a story that is jagged, with …

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GCSE English Language & Literature – Planning for Success

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley04/11/20173 Comments

Every English teacher has a student like Natalie. Whether she is in year 7 or 11, she is a walking grade 9 waiting to happen. You can see it shine through everything …

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I’m excited to share that I’ll be doing @TeachologyUK ‘Closing the Reading Gap’ and ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’ online/hybrid masterclasses (includes multiple cameras; live polls, live interactions; printed training packs etc).

See website for more: https://www.teachology-education.co.uk/reading/live-online.php

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*NEW POST*

‘Covid-19 and the Literacy ‘Matthew Effect’’

https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2020/09/covid-19-and-the-literacy-matthew-effect/

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Winners announced!

https://twitter.com/HuntingEnglish/status/1305120707962187777?s=20

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the EEF, supporting teachers to access research evidence. After over fifteen years in the classroom, I now support from outside the school gates.

I write edubooks and I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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