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Asking questions about the assessment?
I asked in class today (now) what questions would they ask about the weekly assessment? They are as follows: Could we please have a structure for the plan like we normally do? The plan is yours to create. Can we have an outline as to which parts of the plan we want to...
An example essay task (with quotations) for Of Mice and Men – Section 3
Following a discussion in the NATE conference, it was discussed that one way to teach OMAM was to read section 1, and then section 6. This then allows the intelligent reader to foreshadow the events leading up section 6. While it somewhat debunks the entertainment of...
Testing your word bank – Year 7
Go to here: http://dynamo.dictionary.com/placement/level Test your vocabulary at least three times. Record your average result. Replacement is this: http://testyourvocab.com/ I only matched 34,000 words according to this. There were a dozen words I've never seen...
Motivation
Recently two new students have come to me requiring tutoring for their Shakespeare essays. As they are new to the school, I recommended the video I play to all my classes at the start of the year. I should add a little more on this later in the year. But, for now,...
Script for Spoken Language
Chair Person - introduces the group. Jim, John, Gill, - says that they will introduce their poems, argue which one should be the flagship one for their anthology, and, finally, what the title should be. Says that all will have their roles in addition to their...
Stories for classes
It's been a while since I've written any of the stories I've intend to write. I've spent time handling my host who, until now, have been sound. However, that's taken a little time to sort out. I have an idea to write parts of story for my class. As part of this, I am...
Scaling marking mountain – my interpretation of some terms
I have managed, this holiday, to scale marking mountain sooner rather than later. As I was doing so, I thought about the terms I use, and how they do follow some formula. Such formulas would be of interest, I think, to the teachers and students who follow this blog,...
Speaking and Listening in Groups – some thoughts about roles
The first lesson with my Year 11s went particularly well. I'm all for autonomy in the first few weeks of term. However it is not always something that can be achieved: there is an element with all learning (or even just functioning in a classroom of 30ish people) of...
Design additions
This half-term the IT-designers in each group of the spoken language anthology discussion groups are hard at work developing their anthologies. Although all are using flip-books, these talented future designers may well use something a little extra. Here are some...
Debating a poetry Anthology SOW
Some of the materials needed for this is posted below. Materials will be revised as an ongoing process. Audience for anthology: Year 11 GCSE students interested in reading new poetry.There are four steps: Step 1 – one lesson (set homework) Form groups of 4 students....