All things Educational. Sharing resources for Secondary English
A compendium of useful links, exemplar material, resources and home learning for John Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' Introduction and Context: British Library Overview of 'Ode to a Nightingale' Exemplar Analysis on the theme of Transience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N6KctWeXLs
The initiative focuses on enhancing vocabulary instruction by implementing a 'Word of the Week' program. This approach emphasizes context and etymology, benefiting students, particularly EAL and ESL learners. By exploring synonyms and antonyms, students engage in discussions about nuanced meanings. The program aims to foster a robust vocabulary instruction framework in the school.
This resource offers annotated content for To Kill a Mockingbird, tailored for Edexcel GCSE and IGCSE exams. It provides structured analyses of key themes and characters, aiding students in exam preparation. It includes past exam papers and planning guides for character and theme essays, enhancing literary comprehension and response capabilities.
Our school is wonderfully tight-knit which comes from the small through-school qualities and has fostered more primary/secondary collaborations than I had experienced in the UK. As an English teacher, my day-to-day teaching was greatly affected by the change in cohort comparably: my previous UK schools were in deprived areas with predominantly white working-class families with [...]
Stretch and Challenge Material 'Postcards from the Dead' Literacy Criticism for Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
The Writing Checklist aims to assist our weakest students by emphasizing fundamental accuracy. It encourages them to review their work and make revisions, fostering improvement in their writing skills. This approach is designed to enhance their overall performance and build their confidence in writing.
The Week 1 content provides rationale and initial quotations, which will be reviewed in the Week 2 recap. Users can download Week 2 of the To Kill a Mockingbird Quotation Retention Challenge along with a 3 Week Bundle. Related posts are also available for further exploration.
Bob Ewell Characterisation: Bob Ewell is presented by Harper Lee as abusive and dichotomously, both uneducated and revealing an innate sense of superiority which is borne from “his skin was white.” As the “little bantam cock of a man rose and strutted to the stand” p.187 Harper Lee highlights her socio-political critique of the parochial [...]
To effectively memorize quotes for closed book exams, frequent repetition and deeper analysis are essential. Students should engage in consistent revision over a week, utilizing mind maps and visual connections to enhance retention. This practice helps establish thematic links between quotes, fostering confidence in interpretations and supporting evidence.
We have been introducing to our students since the beginning of the year. It builds into our formative knowledge curriculum and the importance of explicitly teaching vocabulary exploration; as @Doug_Lemov describes it in 'Reading Reconsidered': “making a case study out of certain words and their application.” Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week [...]
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