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Reflecting on the second project run – using analogies to structure conceptualisation of language
My KS3 classes have been running with their projects: texts have chosen and analysed, and creative writing has been produced. Most are beginning their investigations into the abstractions of a particular language technique with the intention that such language...
Sharing videos with other classes using Google Drive – private YouTube links
A nifty trick here I learned yesterday at an excellent school-led conference: uploading videos to google drive converts them into youtube links that are automatically link-only (and therefore unsearchable). When combined with Explain Everything, this is remarkably...
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Appreciating the business reality of Shakespearean plays – playing a game
Each year I try to improve the way I teach poetry and Shakespeare. I remember at the beginning of my career how I would dedicate a few days to improving my teaching of these. Such glorious, ambitious naivety! Of all I have read about teaching Shakespeare, the desire...
Reflecting on the project run Mk2 – a narrative
Following from my initial project run at the beginning of last term, I instigated changes. My contention can be found in the Gifted and Talented provision written in a previous post - that project work risks a focus on doing stuff, rather than learning concepts. By...
Reflecting on supporting EAL Learners with poetry
Over this week I have been engaged in a projects with a KS4 class to improve their responses to poetry. In the process I am conscious of my influence by three things: a) A CPD sessions with Thomas, author of 'Shakespearience', who spoke about the necessary shift of...
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Experimenting with a new reading group
Hello all, Please sign up to this reading group: invitations are due to close soon: https://www.goodreads.com/group/invite/158420-year-9-2014-15-bsb?invite_key=089cae3e438897db90d1b09a94dfe8a294337623&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copypastegroup
Staying Organising with a PDA – an update
I write reasonably frequently about Time Management; it is often not spoken about enough in teaching. There are a great many articles, such as on The Guardian's 'Secret Teacher' that bemoan the lack of time to complete anything in teaching. This is true - it is true...