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 …
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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 …
Using a visual stimulus for creative writing
I got this material after attending a session at NATE 2016. The original can be found on the brilliant Manchester art Gallery web site. The teaching notes are here: Teachersnote My attempt to derive a teaching resource - you will …
Creative writing in Year 7
There is a great resource on Teachit ( I believe), written by Fran Nantongwe called "Quest for the cure". I got a copy a while ago through a colleague at a NATE conference and love using it in Year 7. …
Hunting the (JLS) Snark
Following on from an earlier post in which I looked at a draft outline for an approach to the Hunting of the Snark, here are my draft teaching materials for my class in the 7 class activity to recreate the Snark as …
OMAM introducing Curley’s wife
A short ppt to work on the first appearance of Curley's wife curley wife intro Read More "OMAM introducing Curley’s wife"
Year 7 Monsters in Poetry: a short resource booklet
Poetic Monsters I am about to give a short module based on Monsters in Poetry to year 7. I have made a handout of the poems I want to use and attach it for download here. The poems are Tyger …
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Year 7 Writing module: IED leading up to Christmas
This module is based on a Year 9 scheme discussed here:https://jwpblog.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/an-autobiography-sow-for-year-9/ on the blog. It was originally my work and was then adapted by the excellent @Engleeshteacher, Traycie Wrycraft. I have come back to it to use with my new …
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Approaching creative writing for Edexcel IGCSE
This s designed to support students in their writing rather than to "teach" techniques. It focuses on the idea that range and variety is paramount and includes a link to the brilliant Triptico Slow Writing web page. if you have …
Yr 9 OMAM table tops
Material on OMAM for my new Year 9s. First attempt at looking at characterisation table OMAM Read More "Yr 9 OMAM table tops"
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