Rooted in morphology
Last year, I had one period per week with four Year 8 pupils to support their English lessons. I did not have any prior experience of teaching Year 8 English at the school. So what did we do? I reviewed …
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Vocabulary: Looking for giants (part 2)
Looking for giants is part 2 in an edventure investigating one aspect of literacy (speaking, listening, reading and writing) – vocabulary. The exposure to, the acquisition and retention of, and teaching of vocabulary (I am still thinking that teaching is …
Biscuit
Student may not have access to a dictionary in every lesson, they almost always have access to their phones. Try Biscuit for both a dictionary and vocab trainer. “Crumbs! A dictionary and vocab trainer in one app. Useful.” Get definitions. Create your …
Textivate
Paste a block of text (using any text up to 500 words) and with just one click Textivate creates a collection of interactive, browser-based activities. All the usual text favourites are there; ordering, sorting and fill in the gaps with the ability to share or embed a link / …