#teamenglish – Edventures

Clever vocab tricks

Kristian Still 26 Jul ’21 21 Feb ’22

Short and to the point. I am thinking a lot about how to teach and pre-teach vocabulary. There is a lot of vocabulary to teach. Here is a nifty little Google Sheet that I designed to help prep vocabulary for …

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Making complex themes in texts accessible

Kristian Still 26 Oct ’19 26 Oct ’19

Anything that is abstract is hard to pin down. Then, add to the fact,that the very abstract thing you are trying to pin down, remains in constant flux. Think of a real world map, where the borders keep moving. Add …

I still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under me3 Nov ’24
This post is written for a friend. The point of desperation is often the point of truth. He wrote. How do your move forward, when you still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under you? If you can move at all? Let alone …
No rescuing3 Nov ’24
Do not do for someone, that they can do for themselves. This is a life, teaching, leading, parental sentiment or wisdom that I have long held important. It sits along side the notion of “no rescuing.” This is the focus on this post and thinking. …
Teams – Day 3 (part 2)2 Nov ’24
Prioritising time to write has not made it to the top of the priorities list until today (the end of half-term). That is a failing on my part. With hindsight, I should have planned and scheduled less. I am not comfortable accepting that “writing, thinking …
Yuimaru – ‘a circle of people’26 Oct ’24
It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. It turns out, many of …