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Resilience, we all have it, trust me…
Okay, so this doesn’t start the greatest but stick with it and I promise, you it gets better. I’ve heard a few of these stories before, the horror stories that you never think will happen to you. But you need … Continue reading
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6 top tips to set high expectations!
Do you need to challenge, motivate and inspire your students? Here are 6 top tips to set high expectations! 1. R-E-S-P-E-C-T You have values, so should your students! Model positive behaviour, DO NOT! I REPEAT… DO NOT TOLERATE BAD … Continue reading
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3 ways to help students improve their spelling
Word bank Think of it as collecting ‘money’ that will enrich their vocabulary. A word bank at the back of their exercise books of new words they discover throughout your lessons, is a good way to check up on … Continue reading
7 things about effective lesson planning:
Always start with what you want them to learn about during the lesson. When creating an effective lesson it is important to keep the lesson objective at the heart of the lesson, informing each strand of the lesson, (see diagram … Continue reading
Be the saviour of bad behaviour
5 Top Tips for Behaviour Management: Be a sheep Follow the school’s behaviour policy and if there isn’t one, make your own! It’s guaranteed that the student’s will be aware of the procedure, so if you’re not, they will not … Continue reading
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Trophies, travelling and targets: why assessment feedback matters.
Based on Petty’s 1989 Medals, Mission and Goal. When completing an assessment students need feedback regarding the quality of their work, not just general praise. E.g. ‘you’ve used a wide range of sentence structures appropriately’ NOT: ‘great amount of work written’. … Continue reading
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11 important points NATE make about the English NC
NATE published an important response to the 2015 National Curriculum for English. The full report is here, but I have pasted in the summing up points at the end of the document as they provide both an excellent summary of … Continue reading
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13 Ways of Teaching Essay Writing
Encourage free writing to begin with. Tell students not to worry what they write: just write what they know to begin with. The important thing is to get into the practice of writing. You only know the beginning when you … Continue reading
The two types of essay: inductive and deductive
There are two major intellectual processes that usually go on in most essays: deductive and inductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning starts with making general points, formulating a generalized argument and then looking at the particular. For example, if you were writing … Continue reading
8 things English teachers should know about the Enlightenment
No one is quite sure when the Enlightenment Period begins and ends. Some French historians argue that it happened between 1715-1789, when the French Revolution started. Other commentators believe it began in the 1620s with the emergence of the scientific revolution … Continue reading
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