Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog

Silence might be  golden, but talk is magical.  It is interesting that the latest focus is on oracy when the past decade has been obsessed a...

This is part of my TLT talk: Over the last decade, I have promoted reading in several ways. I have organised book talks, Readathons, th...

Sir, I would say that Piggy is a masochistic character, who, in a way, contrasts with the sadistic Jack. That one comment signalled a...

The point where I lost interest in Star Wars was when they tried to rationalise the Jedi powers. As soon as a character mentioned that stu...

Making mistakes is just a part of life. I have made mistakes and I still do make them. I put my hands up. Once, in my youth, I bought a yell...

The Literacy Journey Here’s a list of links to the various literacy pages on the blog: An overview of my approach http://learnin...