Beginning a Writing Module – Writing Distorts Reality Lesson
Tomorrow I begin the writing modules. I intend to research the teaching of writing, and to write...
Read MoreTomorrow I begin the writing modules. I intend to research the teaching of writing, and to write...
Read MoreWith 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...
Read MoreIt 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...
Read MoreFor my Year 9s: Top tips for writing ghost stories for children http://thequillguy.titanpad.com/1
Read MoreWhat 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...
Read MoreDear students. Today I wanted to write a mini-essay about a sense I have had recently about the...
Read MoreA colleague asked me about this for A-Level, so I produced a small work pack in a PPA. Interesting...
Read More– 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,...
Read MoreThis 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!...
Read MoreAn 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...
Read MoreOne change to the KS4 syllabus is the requirement (or, rather, possibility) to write a film...
Read MoreRevision 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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