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Practical Teaching

IB Lang/Lit Gallery Curation – The Experience of the Combatant

by thequillguy | May 30, 2020

This post shows an IB Lang/Literature Unit focusing on 'The Experience of the Combatant for an IB Lang/Lit course I took in 2019.

Creating a Concept-Based Learning Plan for George Orwell’s 1984 – A Step-by-Step Guide plus Rationale

by thequillguy | May 26, 2020
Best Practice for Schools During the Coronavirus Lockdown — some thoughts in April 2020

by thequillguy | Apr 1, 2020
Improving Inference as an English Teacher

by thequillguy | Jul 18, 2019
A Question on Frankenstein: Walton’s Change in Perspective

by thequillguy | Dec 2, 2018
An example Markbook: using Formative Data to analyse trends

by thequillguy | Jul 10, 2018
15 minute screencast: Example of how to revise quotations from a text, in this case the Crucible.

by thequillguy | Jun 25, 2018
Enriching Visuals for Teaching PowerPoints: The Quill Guy’s Recommendations

by thequillguy | Jun 9, 2018
Teaching well requires more nuance than can commonly be expressed… some thoughts.

by thequillguy | Oct 9, 2017
Cornell Notes and OneNote – Learning Literature Profoundly

by thequillguy | Sep 23, 2017

Conceptual Teaching

Seven Thoughts about Chapter Two of Erickson’s Concept-Based Learning

by thequillguy | May 26, 2020 | Conceptual Teaching, For Students

How do we address the need to continually teach ideas and skills in different subjects? Why does persuasive writing in English not seem to transfer to other subjects?

40 Ideas about concept-based teaching – chapter 2

by thequillguy | May 23, 2020 | Conceptual Teaching, For Students
8 Questions for Reflection: Chapter 2 of Concept-Based Learning by Erickson

by thequillguy | May 19, 2020 | Conceptual Teaching, For Students
50 Initial Thoughts about Concept-Based Learning

by thequillguy | May 17, 2020 | Conceptual Teaching, How to Plan and Mark
can concept-based learning help you teach and write better thesis statements?

by thequillguy | May 16, 2020 | Conceptual Teaching, For Students, How to Plan and Mark, How to Teach Literature
Why consider Concept-Based Curriculum? Five Necessary Thoughts

by thequillguy | May 12, 2020 | Conceptual Teaching, For Students, For Teachers, How to Plan and Mark
Book Study on the First Chapter of Concept-Based Learning – 6 Questions

by thequillguy | May 10, 2020 | Conceptual Teaching, How to Plan and Mark
Assessment For Learning – Warnock or Guardiola? A review of Dylan Wiliam’s ‘Embedding Assessment for Learning’

by thequillguy | Dec 8, 2019 | Conceptual Teaching, For Students
Using Total War as an ECA: Decisive Battles in History and Exploring Literary Context

by thequillguy | Jul 4, 2019 | Conceptual Teaching, Cultural Capital and Education, For Students
Being a Lifelong Learner – Thoughts about Teaching After 15 Years (and why most teachers don’t improve after 3-5 years)

by thequillguy | Jun 13, 2019 | Conceptual Teaching, For School, For Teachers, PGCE advice

How to Plan and Mark
How to Teach Writing
How to Teach Literature
How to Teach Debate

Creating a Concept-Based Learning Plan for George Orwell’s 1984 – A Step-by-Step Guide plus Rationale

by thequillguy | May 26, 2020 | How to Plan and Mark, Practical Teaching

The purpose of an essay is to ‘attempt’ to explore an argument in order to see what you really think about it. Such dialect should invigorate society as it has done since The Garden of Athens. Yet who really likes writing, or reading, essays in school?