Month: July 2019

Thoughts about Duffy from Rees-Jones’ Book ‘Writers and Their Work’

Posted by thequillguy | Jul 23, 2019 | For School |

Yesterday I read about 50 pages of Rees-Jones’ book of Duffy’s work. Despite...

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Guest Post – An English Literature Workshop with Myself, Age 14

Posted by thequillguy | Jul 22, 2019 | Book Clubs, Cultural Capital and Education, For Living |

Today’s post is an Oxbridge student’s reflection on what she would say to her...

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Improving Inference as an English Teacher

Posted by thequillguy | Jul 18, 2019 | For School, For Students, Practical Teaching |

Teaching students how to read is not really the remit of the secondary classroom teacher. It is a...

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Using Total War as an ECA: Decisive Battles in History and Exploring Literary Context

Posted by thequillguy | Jul 4, 2019 | Conceptual Teaching, Cultural Capital and Education, For Students |

Exciting students in history opens them to wider cultural trends. In Beijing I ran, with the able...

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