Friday, 26 December 2014

Nurture 2014/15

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Five positives from 2014 1.       I felt like a good teacher (at least some of the time). I’d like to think it’s rare I toot my own...
Monday, 1 December 2014

Setting: what works for the wilting ones?

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It is December 2013, half way through our GCSE English Language mock exam, and something is wrong. First at the front, but then to th...
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Sunday, 5 October 2014

The evolution of an idea: why Twitter rocks!

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Back in September, struggling to get back into my Sunday marking routine and desperate to avoid  that book, I took a quick snap of a 30 sec...
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The post-it note approach to essay planning

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  Overly scaffolded essays are RUBBISH. RUBBISH for the students who are lead by their nose through four hours of dullity. RUBBISH for the...
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Thursday, 25 September 2014

'Of Mice and Men' - 5 ideas to help make the final two years of teaching this text the best

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  #1 Crowdsourcing I'm loving the shiny name given to this idea by @EducatingCCC, so am adopting it as my own! This is an idea tha...
Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Making Matthew rich: practical strategies for building word wealth

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This blog could also be titled ‘An Ode to Geoff Barton’ as, like many other English teachers, his elegant and emotive speeches  are how I ...
Thursday, 19 June 2014

Trite but true: teenagers are ace.

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It's the worst time to write this blog. I'm frantically trying to create a new timetable, a new engaging KS3 curriculum, a new acc...