Exam Prep Toolkit: Literature part 1
Our regular blog author, Jill Carter, has prepared some revision tips and advice for your students – pass it on! You have two English Literature exams so get clear about what each of these requires....
View ArticleExam Prep Toolkit: Literature part 2
Our regular blog author, Jill Carter, has prepared some revision tips and advice for your students – pass it on! You have two English Literature exams so get clear about what each of these requires....
View ArticleIt’s not the winning that counts
Competitions are an aspect of resourcing the English curriculum we tend to neglect. In all the frenzy of delivering the curriculum and covering the ground for assessments and exams, we overlook an...
View ArticleExamined poetry – the barbaric yawp
Jill Carter shares her tips and thoughts about how to energise poetry lessons. Ask students if they like poetry and often the answer is a resounding ‘no’. Boys can be especially clear about this. I...
View ArticleVocabulary – Cathedrals of Words
Jill Carter encourages teachers and students to spend time exploring and broadening vocabulary. Vocabulary is power. And, like a lot of power, it is hard won and easily lost. Students’ vocabulary is...
View ArticleOne Quote Fits All: Shakespeare
Jill Carter shares her advice for making the most out of quotations during this revision period. Students, teachers and parents worry about quotations or as they are now acceptably known quotes (in...
View ArticleThe Gender Page Gap: Balancing the Books
The last few years have seen us, as English teachers, deluged in pre-20th century literature and non-fiction texts. Simultaneously in the 21st century we have been seriously exploring the treatment of...
View ArticleGlamorous Grammar
Jill Carter dispels the popular myth that grammar is boring and explains why she thinks it should be revered by teachers and students alike. In the years I have spent around teaching, one of the...
View ArticleLady Macbeth: Warrior or Worrier?
What’s Lady Macbeth really like? What is her first name? Think about the following questions: Would she take sugar in her tea? Would she run the London marathon?Would she be a good parent? We are often...
View ArticleUnder Cover
One of the worst things about being unwell is setting cover. Everyone has those ghastly days of knowing they are too ill to function in the unforgiving environment of a school. This increases at the...
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