Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog
Sunday 21 April 2024
Cognitive Buckaroo with Non-fiction
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As we get closer to the end for our Year 11s, it is so common for us to throw (metaphorically) everything and the kitchen sink at them. As ...
Sunday 10 March 2024
Symbolism, structure and chat
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It is that annual time of year where I teach Question 3, the structure question, to students. The more I teach this question, the more I thi...
Sunday 18 February 2024
Being precise around the writer’s intention
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One of the biggest areas for English teachers is the ‘why’ aspect of analysis. Why does the writer do this? Over the years, we have seen par...
Sunday 28 January 2024
A question of tone and not techniques
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In the time I have been teaching, I have seen the teaching of English compartmentalised in so many different ways. And, dear reader, you can...
Sunday 7 January 2024
Problem solving in creative writing
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Over the past term, I have been working on quite a bit of creative writing with students. And, I always find with each year that there’s som...
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