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A simple theory about writing

Apr 23, 2014 | Category: literacy
The first thing to say is this is not in any way supposed to be a complete or unified theory - I'm well aware that there are many other important strands to improving pupils' writing and have written...

The glamour of grammar: in context or not?

Feb 13, 2014 | Category: English
It's something of an understatement to say that glamour and grammar are not usually closely associated in many people's minds. One of the 100 words David Crystal uses to tell The Story of English is ‘...

Principled curriculum design: the English curriculum

Dec 16, 2013 | Category: English
The tragedy of life is that one can only understand life backwards, but one must live it forwards Søren Kierkegaard Back in March 2013, I wrote about the principles underlying my redesign of a Keys St...