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How could a group of crossword puzzle champions save the world? Such a startling question has a very British answer, and it should inspire teachers everywhere.
During WWII, at Bletchley Park, a collection of academics and other intelligent folk became ordinary heroes, busily decrypting German army messages and playing a pivotal role in the most destructive war the world has ever seen.
Today, as teachers, it is our role to help pupils become code breakers of a different sort. As children advance through primary school, they progressively move away from story-driven reading primarily based on action-filled lived experiences.
What we read and how we write necessarily shifts to a more tricky, academic style. It is no surprise when students begin to struggle later in Key Stage 2, as the difficulty level increases steeply; and by the time they reach secondary school, they are expected to move between multiple, discrete disciplines in a single day.
For many young people, the complexity of the very different academic codes they need to crack in order to achieve and thrive is frankly bewildering.
So, how can we help them? First, we need to understand the code ourselves.
An academic text typically includes the following conventions:
With this in mind, here are strategies to help pupils ‘code-switch’ between everyday talk and its academic counterpart, and to support academic reading and writing.
Alex Quigley is an English teacher, Director of Huntington Research School, and author of the bestselling Closing the Vocabulary Gap (Routledge).
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Read this description from Nrich of how to play the Factors and Multiple game. The Factors and Multiples grids can be used to play: there are 1-24, 1-40 and 1-50 grids. Use...
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