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Making Quizzes (More) Worthwhile

Making Quizzes (More) Worthwhile

Vocabulary Booklet: Commonly Confused and Similar Words

Vocabulary Booklet: Commonly Confused and Similar Words

Do you know good teaching when you see it?

Do you know good teaching when you see it?

Brief Notes on Whole-Class Feedback

Brief Notes on Whole-Class Feedback

An Overview of the Pygmalion Effect

An Overview of the Pygmalion Effect

CPD: Literacy Quiz and Handout

CPD: Literacy Quiz and Handout

Will I be judged more favourably if I teach a top set?

Will I be judged more favourably if I teach a top set?

Five Half-Term Education Podcasts

Five Half-Term Education Podcasts

Brief Notes for Lesson Observation Feedback Conversations

Brief Notes for Lesson Observation Feedback Conversations

GCSE English Language Paper 1 Study Pack

GCSE English Language Paper 1 Study Pack

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

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

AQA GCSE English Language Exam Report Summaries (June 2019)

AQA GCSE English Language Exam Report Summaries (June 2019)

Vocabulary Development

Vocabulary Development

Thinking Clearly: Three Cognitive Errors to Avoid

Thinking Clearly: Three Cognitive Errors to Avoid

Factors to Consider on GCSE Results Day

Factors to Consider on GCSE Results Day

AQA Paper 1 Anthology Scheme of Work

AQA Paper 1 Anthology Scheme of Work

Mistakes I’ve Made: Head of Year

Mistakes I’ve Made: Head of Year

Mistakes I’ve Made: My NQT Year

Mistakes I’ve Made: My NQT Year

Simple Proforma for Checking Notes and Written Expression

Simple Proforma for Checking Notes and Written Expression

Classical and Biblical Allusions in Jekyll and Hyde

Classical and Biblical Allusions in Jekyll and Hyde

Three GCSE English Literature Multiple-Choice Quizzes

Three GCSE English Literature Multiple-Choice Quizzes

Year 11 GCSE English Literature Easter Study Pack

Year 11 GCSE English Literature Easter Study Pack

Common Misconceptions – An Inspector Calls

Common Misconceptions – An Inspector Calls

Common Misconceptions – Macbeth

Common Misconceptions – Macbeth

GCSE English Literature Revision: Multiple-Choice Questions

GCSE English Literature Revision: Multiple-Choice Questions

Teaching GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

Teaching GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

AQA GCSE English: Year 11 Feedback on Macbeth

AQA GCSE English: Year 11 Feedback on Macbeth

Notes for Lesson Observers and Learning Walkers

Notes for Lesson Observers and Learning Walkers

Literacy ‘Do Now’ Tasks for Macbeth And An Inspector Calls

Literacy ‘Do Now’ Tasks for Macbeth And An Inspector Calls

Adding Depth by Sweating the Small Stuff

Adding Depth by Sweating the Small Stuff

Top 5 Teaching Resources for AQA Power and Conflict Poetry

Top 5 Teaching Resources for AQA Power and Conflict Poetry

Simplified Knowledge Organisers

Simplified Knowledge Organisers

Retrieval Practice and An Inspector Calls Resources

Retrieval Practice and An Inspector Calls Resources

Top 5 Teaching Resources for Macbeth

Top 5 Teaching Resources for Macbeth

Top 5 Teaching Resources for Jekyll and Hyde

Top 5 Teaching Resources for Jekyll and Hyde

Teaching An Inspector Calls: The Structure of a Lesson

Teaching An Inspector Calls: The Structure of a Lesson

Trying to Make More of British Library Resources

Trying to Make More of British Library Resources

November 2018 AQA English Language Walk-and-Talk Lecture Resources

November 2018 AQA English Language Walk-and-Talk Lecture Resources

AQA Poetry: Power and Conflict Context Questions

AQA Poetry: Power and Conflict Context Questions

AQA Power and Conflict Resources

AQA Power and Conflict Resources

Errors in Thinking: 9 Common Cognitive Biases

Errors in Thinking: 9 Common Cognitive Biases

My Teaching: Nine Things I’ve Changed

My Teaching: Nine Things I’ve Changed

Common Cognitive Biases: Part 1

Common Cognitive Biases: Part 1

Lecturing Year 11

Lecturing Year 11

The Importance of Connections

The Importance of Connections

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