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Lethal Mutations of the Educational Kind
Blog Leadership and Management 

200 Words: Lethal Mutations of the Educational Kind

17th January 2021 Wise Education

A ‘lethal mutation’ – within the context of education – is an idea or activity based on entirely reasonable and

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Vocabulary_Booklet
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Vocabulary Booklet: Commonly Confused and Similar Words

10th January 202110th January 2021 Wise KS3, KS4, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Booklet

Vocabulary Booklet: Commonly Confused and Similar Words – PDF Vocabulary Booklet: Commonly Confused and Similar Words – Word Doc Click

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Most Downloaded Resources from 2020

1st January 2021 Wise

Drum-roll… 1. Study Booklet on An Inspector Calls Click here to download it. Contains the fundamental stuff – knowledge organiser,

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Do you know good teaching when you see it?

29th December 202029th December 2020 Wise CPD, Leadership and management, Teaching and Learning

Take two groups of teachers… Group One: teachers whose pupils have made high progress for three years in a row

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Introductory Lessons on Macbeth for Remote Teaching

22nd December 202022nd December 2020 Wise macbeth, Shakespeare

Three introductory lessons on Macbeth for remote delivery based on a model of 20 minutes of input, 20 minutes of

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High Five Points Teaching Resource
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High Five Points on Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde and An Inspector Calls

22nd December 2020 Wise An Inspector Calls, High Five Points, Jekyll and Hyde, macbeth

Click here to access a one-page handout with five points on each of the GCSE English Literature texts below: Macbeth

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Jekyll and Hyde Review Booklet

13th December 202013th December 2020 Wise Jekyll and Hyde

Click here to access a review booklet on Jekyll and Hyde.  It’s a mixture of stuff that I’ve had for

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Brief Notes on Whole-Class Feedback

13th December 202013th December 2020 Wise CPD, Feedback, Whole-Class Feedback

Contentions Detailed and frequent marking is a false proxy for effective teaching Assessment of work is far more useful for

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Pygmalion Effect
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An Overview of the Pygmalion Effect

12th December 202013th December 2020 Wise CPD, Pygmalion Effect

The Pygmalion Myth In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with his own creation: an impossibly

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Macbeth Teaching Resource
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Two Essay Tasks and Guidance Sheets on Macbeth

29th November 2020 Wise macbeth, Teaching Resource

  Click here to access an essay task and guidance sheet on A1-S5. And here to access a task and

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