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Lesson plan: KS4 English – a modern approach to Shakespeare
Why Teach This? This engaging lesson blends a number of strategies I’ve been exploring this year, which focus on developing thinking…
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Lesson plan: KS3 English- inclusive ways to improve creative writing
Why teach this? Inclusivity is a vital element of all teaching, of course – but instead of considering ‘differentiation’, why not try…
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How reading for pleasure can boost achievement
Secondary school students who read for pleasure perform significantly better at school than other students. That was the finding of a…
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Lesson plan: KS3 MFL – making grammar fun
Teaching grammar in an interesting and effective way is one of the trickiest tasks for MFL teachers. How can we encourage our students to…
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Lesson plan: KS4 English – self-improvement through self-editing
The definition of impatient according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary is ‘having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or…
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Film Club: movies that boost literacy
Whether it’s a screening of Polanski’s Romeo and Juliet to convince a group of teenagers the Bard’s not boring, a critical analysis…
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Bringing Shakespeare to life
It may not be conclusive, but when you have stood at the Globe on a damp day to watch a performance of The Tempest and heard the tears of…
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Lesson Plan: KS4 MFL – improve creative thinking with a mystery
Creating a mystery scenario in an MFL lesson is a very effective and engaging metacognitive activity that is highly versatile and can be…
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Lesson Plan: KS3 English – develop their powers of descriptive writing
We all know that some learners find descriptive writing very difficult; this is particularly true for those who find taking imaginative…
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Could ereaders be the way to inspire a love of reading?
Children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better at school, according to new research from the Institute of Education.…
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What’s the point of reward systems?
Should we really be giving students prizes to acknowledge anything from attendance to attainment? Angela Youngman investigates the rise…
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Lesson plan: KS4 MFL – improving discussion
You’re not the only one tired of revisiting the same old topics year after year, so why not take a tip from Salim Foughali, and take…
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Lesson plan: KS4 English – The Hound of the Baskervilles
Learners will be desperate to read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic work of detective fiction, following Jerome Monahan’s engaging…