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Do English teachers need charisma?

Do English teachers need charisma?

by thequillguy | Sep 25, 2018 | For School, For Students, For Teachers, Literature

English teachers are usually charismatic. The act of reading and considering poetry and drama makes for strong and interesting personalities, usually. This is usually translated into a classroom persona. Yet is this a necessity? Like some Twitterarti worry, is...
Using Accelerated Reader: Report Commissioned for the NATE ICT Committee

Using Accelerated Reader: Report Commissioned for the NATE ICT Committee

by thequillguy | Sep 18, 2018 | For School, For Students

Here is a report I submitted a few years ago based upon my experiences of implementing Accelerated Reader (AR). While I think that AR is the best programme for tracking reading in reluctant readers, encouraging reading in a secondary school requires a far more...
Content vs Specification: Thoughts about KS5 Planning

Content vs Specification: Thoughts about KS5 Planning

by thequillguy | Sep 14, 2018 | For Living, For Students, Literature

This year I have taken on the running of our KS5 literature specification. It has been an interesting experience, calling into question my philosophy of what makes a worthwhile curriculum. One conversation that was had with outgoing staff was of the prioritisation...
Building a Sixth Form Curriculum: Literature

Building a Sixth Form Curriculum: Literature

by thequillguy | Sep 4, 2018 | For Living, For Students, Literature

This summer I was promoted to Head of KS5 Literature, leading a team of six people. I enjoyed the support of some very experienced teachers, including a principal examiner and ex-Head of an elite Asian school. We needed to switch from an AS course to a linear approach...
Metacognition – Guiding students to sense the right time to use strategies

Metacognition – Guiding students to sense the right time to use strategies

by thequillguy | Sep 1, 2018 | For School, For Teachers, Lesson Planning, Metacognition, The Psychology of Teaching

My training for staff at the start of this year focuses on making screencasts. You can see a video summary of the training below. It aims to frame screencasting exemplars as a useful stimulus to stimulating metacognition practice. Following my study on metacognition,...

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  • Using Accelerated Reader: Report Commissioned for the NATE ICT Committee September 18, 2018
  • Content vs Specification: Thoughts about KS5 Planning September 14, 2018
  • Building a Sixth Form Curriculum: Literature September 4, 2018
  • Metacognition – Guiding students to sense the right time to use strategies September 1, 2018
  • Book Review: Notes from the Jungle: Provocative Teacherspeak August 31, 2018
  • Book Review: The Damage Done: A Macabre Love Island August 26, 2018
  • Book Review: The Hunger: Punctured Horror August 25, 2018
  • Book Review: Othello: Noble Jealousy? August 23, 2018
  • Book Review: Paris in the 20th Century: Lost for a Reason? August 22, 2018
  • Book Review: Jane Eyre: Virtue at What Cost? August 21, 2018

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  • A Question on Frankenstein: Walton’s Change in Perspective December 2, 2018
  • Organising a Debate Club: Some Points of Practice November 10, 2018
  • Reading and Writing as Planning October 13, 2018
  • Differences between a learner and a doer October 12, 2018
  • Do English teachers need charisma? September 25, 2018
  • Using Accelerated Reader: Report Commissioned for the NATE ICT Committee September 18, 2018
  • Content vs Specification: Thoughts about KS5 Planning September 14, 2018
  • Building a Sixth Form Curriculum: Literature September 4, 2018
  • Metacognition – Guiding students to sense the right time to use strategies September 1, 2018
  • Book Review: Notes from the Jungle: Provocative Teacherspeak August 31, 2018
  • Book Review: The Damage Done: A Macabre Love Island August 26, 2018
  • Book Review: The Hunger: Punctured Horror August 25, 2018
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