Originally posted on The Learning Profession: My low attaining year 10 class (average aspirational target of a grade 3) have been struggling with descriptive writing. I have provided some structure (e.g. using zoom boxes to focus in on areas of…
Category: GCSE support
On learning quotations for exams.
There has been a lot of traffic on Twitter recently around this topic. The new GCSE exams are requiring students to sit closed-book exams in all elements of English Literature and there is understandable concern from teachers that the children …
Y11 planning Anthology A: Boys messing and Goat.
Two hexagon plans: Boys messing around and Goat from Edexcel IGCSE Anthology A. new-doc-2017-02-27-09-18-35 Read More "Y11 planning Anthology A: Boys messing and Goat."
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Much Ado: Comedy and Marxism
I gave a short lecture as an extension exercise for y11... https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/170224_001.mp3 maan-comedy-and-marxism Read More "Much Ado: Comedy and Marxism"
A taste of Trump…
I thought I'd paste a little taste of Trump here for students to look over. we spend so many hours teaching students to write with clarity and to structure and organise... and then this: TRUMP: We stopped giving them because …
feedback: Who is the most memorable character…
... in TKAM? When answering this type of question, popular in the Edexcel IGCSE students might want to use these steps as a guide: 1: There is no right answer, but you must have enough material in your chosen character …
MAAN: on Comedy and Marxism
I am due to give a talk for Year 11 next term. It is a MAAN lecture and I want to move beyond the basic plot retrieval and character sketch mode... maan-comedy-and-marxism There is a screencast and I have covered …
