Beginning a Writing Module – Writing Distorts Reality Lesson
Tomorrow I begin the writing modules. I intend to research the teaching of writing, and to write...
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Category: Writing
Annotating while reading
With comments on .pdf, it is possible to annotate while reading. This allows you to pick up your text with AF bookmarks, allowing you to reflect as a classreader on the points devised by yourself and others. This would be...
Read MoreJournals in Class
It should be clear that I enjoy writing. My students have been producing writing for homework. The proviso behind this is that they develop themselves as writers. Quite how to do this is easier said than done. Writing is...
Read MoreTitanPad: Top tips for writing ghost stories for children
For my Year 9s: Top tips for writing ghost stories for children http://thequillguy.titanpad.com/1
Read More7 suggested sections for a Gifted and Talented writing project Spring 2013
What is its intent? Year 9 students at this time of year usually work upon a ‘ghost’ project. To offer students more project-based work, and a gifted and talented extension, without creating undue work for staff...
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An example of using a 15-5-1 essay plan with commentary
Dear students. Today I wanted to write a mini-essay about a sense I have had recently about the...
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Thoughts of how to evaluate
A colleague asked me about this for A-Level, so I produced a small work pack in a PPA. Interesting...
Read More22 Responses to Year 11 questions about The English Language GCSE 30th April 2012
– Don’t need to link ideas necessarily, unless they are analysing the same point. No comparison needed, but you can if you want! – An introduction can count as a paragraph in the writing task,...
Read MoreReflections of approaching the English Language AQA GCSE 2012 – Paper 1 Update. A thousand word essay for students and teachers.
This essay has proved to be useful to thousands of students and teachers in my school, and beyond. It provides useful reflections for the best students prior to their exams, and shows some of my hopes prior to their exam. Enjoy!...
Read MoreWriting a Manifesto
An excellent text-changing activity. My effort? Teaching is more than a job. Teaching is a philosophy, a lifestyle: it is a way of being. But it is a profession like any other. Like plumbing. But instead of fixing lead...
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