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Whose English literature is it anyway?

May 27, 2014 | Category: English
Have you heard? Education Secretary, Michael Gove has personally intervened to ban the only books worth teaching in the entire canon of English literature. Twentieth century American classics like To...
#Of Mice and Men #English literature #Michael Gove

Anatomy of an outstanding lesson

Jan 22, 2013 | Category: English
I'd want to make clear at the outset of this post that I no longer believe there is such a thing as an 'outstanding' lesson and would like to refer you to this post. Outstanding lessons are all alike;...
#Of Mice and Men #outstanding lessons #Joan Jett #The Perfect Ofsted English Lesson

Forget the answer, what's the question?

Sep 24, 2011 | Category: learning
We all know the value of effective questioning, but should it be the students rather than the teacher doing a bit more of the asking? After reading about Question Formulation Technique (getting studen...
#Of Mice and Men #Dylan Wiliam #Hattie #QFT #Question Formulation Technique #Steinbeck #Tait Coles

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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