Douglas Wise
@DoWise
Teacher of English and Assistant Principal
New post One for the John Donne fans and English teachers @Xris32 @DoWise @Counsell_C @C_Hendrick @Seadragonseeker @Lit_liverbird @Mathew_Lynch44 John Donne’s miniature worlds birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/joh…
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
Writing is obviously a tool for communication. But it is so much more than that. It is a means of expanding limited working memory and a tool for thinking. AI can write really well - but if you want to develop your own thinking you need to be able to write yourself!…
Great interview with @HectorBellerin about the power of reading theguardian.com/books/2025/jul… 📚
Very good (obvs) from @daisychristo . AI requires a reframing of the part that writing plays in the curriculum. Writing isn't just a test of what you know, it IS the act of learning in itself. (also means a big homework rethink) substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-the-…
Love this bit of the summer holidays: when it’s all ahead and everything seems possible (at least for now!)
Simple proofreading checklist douglaswise.co.uk/blog/proofread… ✅
Created this Oracy booklet for KS3 to use over the holidays! It’s designed to: ✨ Build powerful vocabulary ✨ Speak with clarity & confidence ✨ Improve discussion & listening skills I’d welcome any feedback!! drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobi…
Pleased to have been part of the panel, who met regularly to thrash out this document. We discussed each area and thought deeply about the writing process. It will be republished, which is good. What we will be left is an evidence informed go to read, for all practitioners!
This is a brilliant post and I think challenges discourse around an individual teacher's exam results being good or bad.
NEW Why good people get poor results: the systems that sabotage our best intentions Link in reply
Careers poster for GCSE English douglaswise.co.uk/blog/careers-p… ✒️
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*NEW* for June 2026 onwards: a folder of specimen Lang P2s along with PPT slide decks to support teaching, with scaffolds and models like so 👇 Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh3z…
The @educationgovuk has published the new 'The Writing Framework'. This useful framework for teaching writing is for primary schools (but it will be of interest to colleagues in secondary schools & more) See here: gov.uk/government/pub…
Hey all, What is the best current source for good practice with reading? Especially for ks3 and secondary. Fluency / building comprehension / in-class practice. The more granular the better. Ideas please!
I'd love to hear from more of you fellow teachers! Got an Oracy strategy that works well? Pls drop it below! Feel free to tag others too!😊 @amy_smith117 @mr_englishteach @af_english123 @shadylady222 @DoWise @Team_English1 @DrMBoyd @Mrkjenkins22 @HughesHaili @mrsmacteach33
New post Seeing isn’t believing: perception and school leadership birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/see…
Bit of niche one: all the AQA Power and Conflict poems typed onto an editable Word document douglaswise.co.uk/blog/aqa-power… 💥🪖
🌹 'We cannot ignore the reality that too many pupils are disengaging - but this is not an anti-knowledge argument' @LiftSchools CEO, Becks Boomer-Clark buff.ly/1b9Club