Blog Archives - Douglas Wise

Wider Reading for Learning Walkers and Lesson Observers (etc.)

It’s a truth well known, although occasionally forgotten, that evaluating teaching and learning is complex. With that in mind, please

Click here to access a booklet that contains extracts from six essays I’ve taken from the excellent British Library website.

On Saturday 5th October, I presented at researchED Northampton on some (just some!) of the mistakes I’ve made in my career.

I’ve taken the main headlines from each exam report and put them into a couple of documents. The headlines need

Click here to access a simple guide to some of the main classical and biblical allusions in Macbeth. I’ve selected

Originally published : TES 20.09.2019 Visiting prospective schools is an important process for parents and carers, but it can be an overwhelming

Click here to access a booklet that contains extracts from seven essays I’ve taken from the excellent British Library website.

Click here to access a list of freely available video resources to support the teaching of the texts below: Macbeth

To help students understand the subtle differences between a group of connected words – verbs in this case – it’s

Click here to access a PDF copy of the resource (much easier to view). Click here to access a Word document