Of the thousands of students shortly who will sit their GCSEs in English literature, as well as the multiple thousands of students from the past
Month: March 2019
PRAGMATIC POETRY REVISION
GCSE poetry anthologies are wonderful. Whilst not every poem may be to one’s liking, the vast majority are a joy to teach. Purposefully, we conduct
Training for GCSE exams
Teaching to the test doesn’t work. But teaching students about the test is imperative. Not only that, exam performance IS a thing, and you can
CLOUD 9 – A place for high quality inspired writing
High expectations dominate my entire pedagogical approach. In most lessons I push students to think deeply about topics and make connections to the bigger picture
MACBETH – an exposition into power
Shakespeare’s opening, assiduously constructed with chiasmus and trochaic tetrameter and pathetic fallacy, immediately coerces the audience into a position of vulnerability, disempowering them with the
Pre-mock knowledge tests are ESSENTIAL!
Summative tests are important, but the very nature of them being based on a range from the domain of knowledge makes it difficult to be
LEARNING DESIGN by Paul G Moss 