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Who's to blame for the new English literature GCSEs?

May 30, 2014 | Category: English
The sound and fury surrounding text choices for GCSE English literature just won’t go away. The exam boards got their digs in first with Paul Dodd of OCR claiming Gove wanted to ban US authors because...
#GCSE #English literature #AQA #Michael Gove #Jonathan Bate #OCR

Is there a way to avoid teaching rubbish in English?

Feb 03, 2014 | Category: English
I’ve had an idea!For a while now I’ve been increasingly disgusted at the way English language has been dumbed down as a GCSE subject. Really, what is the point of asking pupils to analyse leaflets for...
#GCSE #English language #English literature #Bethan Marshall

Zooming in and out

Jul 11, 2011 | Category: English
For some years now I have been using what I call The Grade Ladder with students to help them understand the skills required to perform at different grades. This isn't particularly original and has bee...
#analysing #bloom's taxonomy #English #evaluating #GCSE #Literature #Of Mice and Men

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