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The Capital Letter Problem Part 2: Pressure and release

Aug 27, 2016 | Category: writing
In my last post I defined what I'm calling The Capital Letter Problem and set out some of its causes. Briefly, children pick up and embed bad habits when writing and, although they often know what sho...
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When should we stop making students redraft work?

Sep 14, 2015 | Category: writing
I managed to catch a bit of #Engchatuk today and was interested to see that the discussion was on how to get students to redraft their work. Redrafting is something I advocate when travelling round di...
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