Writing Archives - The Quill Guy

Beginning a Writing Module – Writing Distorts Reality Lesson

by thequillguy | Feb 18, 2017 | For Life, For School, For Teachers, How to Teach Writing, Writing, Writing for School | 0 |

Tomorrow I begin the writing modules. I intend to research the teaching of writing, and to write...

Annotating while reading

by thequillguy | Feb 9, 2014 | For Students, For Teachers, How to Plan and Mark, How to Teach Writing, Marking, Writing | 0 |

With comments on .pdf, it is possible to annotate while reading. This allows you to pick up your text with AF bookmarks, allowing you to reflect as a classreader on the points devised by yourself and others. This would be...

Journals in Class

by thequillguy | Feb 5, 2014 | For Students, For Teachers, How to Teach Writing, Writing | 0 |

It should be clear that I enjoy writing. My students have been producing writing for homework. The proviso behind this is that they develop themselves as writers. Quite how to do this is easier said than done. Writing is...

TitanPad: Top tips for writing ghost stories for children

by thequillguy | Jan 15, 2013 | For School, For Students, How to Teach Writing, Writing | 0 |

For my Year 9s: Top tips for writing ghost stories for children http://thequillguy.titanpad.com/1

7 suggested sections for a Gifted and Talented writing project Spring 2013

by thequillguy | Jan 6, 2013 | For Students, For Teachers, How to Teach Writing, Writing | 0 |

What is its intent? Year 9 students at this time of year usually work upon a ‘ghost’ project. To offer students more project-based work, and a gifted and talented extension, without creating undue work for staff...

An example of using a 15-5-1 essay plan with commentary

by thequillguy | Dec 3, 2012 | Argumentative and Persuasive Writing, For Living, For Students, How to Teach Writing, Writing | 0 |

Dear students. Today I wanted to write a mini-essay about a sense I have had recently about the...

Thoughts of how to evaluate

by thequillguy | Oct 5, 2012 | For Living, For Teachers, How to Teach Writing, Methods of Reading, Speaking for Living, Writing | 0 |

A colleague asked me about this for A-Level, so I produced a small work pack in a PPA. Interesting...

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!...

Writing a Manifesto

by thequillguy | Mar 25, 2012 | For Living, For School, For Students, For Teachers, How to Teach Writing, Writing | 0 |

An excellent text-changing activity. My effort? Teaching is more than a job. Teaching is a philosophy, a lifestyle: it is a way of being. But it is a profession like any other. Like plumbing. But instead of fixing lead...

Year 8 Film Review Paragraphs

by thequillguy | Mar 4, 2012 | Descriptive and Creative Writing, For School, How to Plan and Mark, How to Teach Writing, Marking, Writing | 0 |

One change to the KS4 syllabus is the requirement (or, rather, possibility) to write a film...

Revision Writing to Argue 111

by thequillguy | Mar 1, 2012 | Argumentative and Persuasive Writing, For Living, For Students, How to Teach Writing, Writing | 0 |

Revision 11.1 Writing to argue 1) Make ‘for’ and ‘against’ grid. 2) Brainstorm in note form 2-5 ideas for each. 3) Indicate: – a rough order in which you might write the points – which points you might combine in...

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