Getting started, creatively
Writing is never a chore when students get to be creative. I wish that were true, for some students creative writing is the most daunting prospect on the planet. It is however a great task to set if you want …
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Reflections from within the English classroom
English efforts
Three useful resources for English colleagues. English teachers, this is handy: RT @shfarnsworth: “Ten Things Good Writers Do” bit.ly/UX4uFL #EngChat Plus a fantastic collection of images from David Terron (@daveterron) A0 posters no less. yfrog.com/ockqmwsj [qr_code_display]
English Radar
The SSAT English radar is an electronic newsletter, distributed to the SSAT’s English network, approximately 3000 Heads of English and teachers of English, as well as senior leaders, across England. It focuses on the successful leadership and management of an English …
Attendance Black Ops to writing opiate
Anyone else missing a few students from class this week? Year 10 and 11 boys in particular, as of November 13th? Can we expect some bleary eyed teenagers to return to class next week? [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/petewharmby/status/269785040488128512″] Let use the dollar figures shall we, …
Inanimate Alice
Quite some while ago I highlighted a piece of interactive fiction, well more transmedia really, call Inanimate Alice. It is a narrative set in a technology saturated near future, telling the story of a young girl, merging text with animation, videos, …
Neek and YOLO
Just a short post to highlight a new term I encountered yesterday when a student relayed their account of an incident in class. A confrontation occurred when one student reacted rather vicisfously to be called a neek. Neek: A cross between a Nerd …
Slow Writing
Sent with IFTTT Here is a combination of Prezi lesson, Triptico Slow App and self help or self taught lesson on slow writing. It was made for o2learn although the audio here is a little better than the audio on …
Popplet Slow Writing
As an experienced practitioner, yet inexperienced English teacher, I have and continue to working hard to learn my refining my craft. The English Twitterati are a constant source of ‘tried and tested’ methods, strategies and ideas as well as encouragement …