Differences between a learner and a doer
Over the past five years or so I have been increasingly struck by the need to judge learning by...
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Category: Methods of Reading
Weekly Lesson Planning ideas: (my practice five years ago)
This is a video detailing how I planned my lessons five years ago. I am more pragmatic now, and...
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Example Modelling of Analysing Connotation: 35 minute screencast on Stone Cold
35 minutes of modelling analysis of connotation in Stone Cold and how to extend this. Enjoy the...
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Exemplar Unseen Poetry Response AQA: The Mother by Liz Lockhead
Again, all very quick but serves to demonstrate how to analyse an unseen poem.
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Modelling how to respond to unseen poetry in real time: Spring in War-Time
This is an example 30 minute response to an unseen poem, not that poetry should really be read in...
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Book Review: The Wizard of Earthsea. A child’s fable revisited.
One of my more imaginative childhood reading experiences was enjoying The Wizard of Earthsea in 4E...
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OMAM controlled assessment
Our year 10s have been booked in to complete the extended reading controlled assessment, and to do...
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Applying concepts of Denotation and Connotation to the Matrix Twins Video
I recently watched the Matrix again, and wondered to which extent the video of the Albino twins...
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