Reading Archives - The Quill Guy

Analysing an Extract for Structure: AQA English Language Q3

by thequillguy | Jun 23, 2018 | For School, Frankenstein, Reading | 0 |

Finding new authors

by thequillguy | Nov 13, 2016 | Cultural Capital and Education, How to Teach Literature, Literature, Reading | 0 |

From word of mouth, or through online communities, will find recommendations for books far more...

Learning Words vs Learning Techniques for Understanding Words

by thequillguy | Feb 5, 2014 | For Students, For Teachers, Reading | 0 |

Recently I enjoyed some EAL training that spoke about the importance of teaching students techniques of inferring the meaning of vocabulary rather than teaching key-words. My response was: a) How does a teacher go about this in...

Realism and the Realist Novel – A response to a Year 9 Homework

by thequillguy | Jan 24, 2013 | For Living, For School, For Students, For Teachers, How to Teach Literature, Literature, Reading | 0 |

While I have written much about marking, I have not exclaimed how wonderful an experience it can be. For example, a recent Year 9 homework required my students to evaluate the favourite story that a family member enjoyed in...

Teaching a teenager how to read – thoughts from an English teacher

by thequillguy | Dec 30, 2012 | For Teachers, Methods of Reading, Reading, Speaking and Listening | 0 |

Increasingly I am drawn to analyse data, largely because it makes my teaching more interesting to...

22 Responses to Year 11 questions about The English Language GCSE 30th April 2012

by thequillguy | May 1, 2012 | For Living, For Students, For Teachers, How to Teach Writing, PGCE advice, Reading, Writing | 0 |

– Don’t need to link ideas necessarily, unless they are analysing the same point. No comparison needed, but you can if you want! – An introduction can count as a paragraph in the writing task,...

Reflections of approaching the English Language AQA GCSE 2012 – Paper 1 Update. A thousand word essay for students and teachers.

by thequillguy | Apr 29, 2012 | For Living, For Students, For Teachers, How to Teach Writing, PGCE advice, Reading, Writing | 0 |

This essay has proved to be useful to thousands of students and teachers in my school, and beyond. It provides useful reflections for the best students prior to their exams, and shows some of my hopes prior to their exam. Enjoy!...

Context of Planning to Argue

by thequillguy | Feb 28, 2012 | Argumentative and Persuasive Writing, For Living, For Students, How to Teach Writing, Reading, Writing | 0 |

My students today began reflecting on planning to argue. Below are some exemplar plans. 111...

Evaluative analysis

by thequillguy | Feb 27, 2012 | For Living, For School, For Students, For Teachers, How to Plan and Mark, Literature, Marking, PGCE advice, Practical Teaching, Reading | 0 |

What is evaluative analysis? This the next step for my Year 11s. We have explored how a concluding sentence, usually prefaced by a consequence connective, indicates evaluative commentary. But these are principles of evaluative...

Teaching Research Skills

by thequillguy | Jan 29, 2012 | For Living, For School, Practical Teaching, Reading | 0 |

I keep Facebook as primarily a professional networking tool. However, it is quite rare that I receive useful professional interaction via it. Indeed, I would say that 1% of my time on it is actually meaningful social...