An English Teacher's Toolbox
* Looking for inspiration and motivation, to share with others. * Looking to constantly improve and grow. * On Twitter at @MissBex_M *
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National Poetry Competition 2013: The winning poem
National Poetry Competition 2013: The winning poem http://gu.com/p/3emh9
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My Favorite Artist - Doug Hyde
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“Getting so into a book that everything around you fades away.”
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Monday morning...
#Accurate
LOL. This is so going to be me. I still have a 3000 word assignment to complete...
You can find some of my ‘shared’ resources available on @tes here
#CreativeWriting #Exemplar #Resource #Analysis #FeatureSpot #Mine
I created this to use with year 9. I want them to identify ways of creating atmosphere. Here, I’ve used the weather.
But I also want them to ‘peer assess’ and to suggest ways to change and improve.
A wordle version of Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream…’
I created this handy help sheet for staff about ‘Bell Work’.
It’s commonly used in primary schools, but less so (it seems) in Secondary school classrooms. Tomorrow, at our department meeting, I am introducing and promoting the concept of Bell work to the rest of my department.
Sharing, as this may be useful.
Something I’ve created:
I have been making and using these for the last few years, for all KS3 assessments. Simply use APP levels and language, linked to the standards in the NC and make it all a little more pupil friendly. Then, staff highlight the area that best-fits the individual student’s work.
Your gaps = pupil targets (and things to address in reflection and your teaching).
Using these two crisp brands, compare and contrast the language and design. How do their audiences differ? How do you know? #nonfiction #language #advertising - Inspired by my Y12 anthology prep, I’m adapting for y9.
My ‘Active Listener’ - put together last year with another colleague. #REDS
Word class
We’ve been working on the idea of ‘Core Values’ in our school Teaching and Learning conference. We asked pupils to decide if they could sum up the school’s core values for teaching and for learning. Many of the values were typical, such as ‘cooperation’ and ‘communication’.
What are your ‘core values’ for teaching and learning?
Adverbs/ sentence starts.
