It is not an accident or platitude that primary school students are taught grammar, and to an impressive degree too. Teaching grammar literally equips students
Category: writing
MAKING THE MOST OF MOCKS – primary and secondary
Whilst invigilating the other day a yr 10 science mock exam, and watching students sitting there believing to have completed the exam with 10 minutes
Dual Coding the EDUQAS Poetry Anthology
I’ve talked about the usefulness of and science behind dual coding here, which includes an example of the process on the novella A Christmas Carol.
Context discussions for EDUQAS Poems
THERE ARE 4 THEMATIC GROUPS OF POEMS THE ROMANTIC ERA THE POST ROMANTIC ERA WAR MODERN ERA THE ROMANTIC ERA The era is characterised not
My ResearchED talk from Rugby
Having the opportunity to speak at ResearchED Rugby was a real honour, and the event was simply a wonderful occasion. I met lots of incredibly
Creative Writing: the most damaging phrase ever?
Creative writing is a linguistic villian that has lots to answer for. Why? It widens the learning gaps of struggling students; it’s a unit of
LEARNING DESIGN by Paul G Moss 