How I Started My Lessons Today (Thursday 6th May)
As students enter my classroom, I typically have a ‘holding slide’ displayed on the board. Usually, the slide is in
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Sentence Stems for Better Academic Writing
Over the past week or so, I’ve been experimenting with providing my students with sentence stems to help them develop
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200 Words: Chauffeur Knowledge
In 1918, the Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to Max Planck. He swiftly embarked on a tour of Germany
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Worth Knowing: 10 Biblical References
10 Biblical References – Download Now A couple of years ago, I published a series of three posts on classical,
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Constructing Multiple-Choice Quizzes: A Few Extra Bits
A couple of months ago, I wrote a short blog about how I think we can make quizzing a bit
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War of the Words: World War I Poetry Anthology | KS3 Poetry
War of the Words: World War I Poetry Anthology > Download Now In 2014, the BBC released a documentary on
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The GI Joe Fallacy: The Disparity Between Our Knowledge and Behaviour
The GI Joe fallacy describes the disparity between our knowledge and our behaviour. For example, rationally, we know about the
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GCSE English Language, Paper 1, Section A Tasks (AQA)
Click here to access five GCSE English Language extracts and accompanying Section A tasks. The texts I’ve used are listed
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200 Words: We Behave Differently When We Think We’re Being Watched
We behave differently when we think we’re being watched. For example, researchers from the University of Newcastle found that a
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Women Writers of World War I – Three Poets and Four Poems
Click on each link below to access the relevant KS3 worksheet: Many Sisters to Many Brothers, by Rose Macaulay Munition
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