Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog

The new AQA English Language GCSE has a bullet point on Question 2, Paper 1, suggesting students might want to comment on sentences. Wel...

In the mad panic before the exam, teachers throw everything, metaphorically, at the students with a hope that one last thing will stick an...

Here’s a simple question: When do you punctuate a piece of writing? Before, during or after the writing process. I know, people are t...

Homework, I can’t stand it. It is one of the things in teaching I have always had a problem with. What to set? When to collect it? How shoul...

Before I start writing this blog, I need to thank Anne Williams and Kerry Pulleyn for allowing me to put these sentences on here. Plus, I ...