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Improving Writing | Discourse Markers: A Teacher’s Guide and Toolkit »
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A ‘discourse marker’ is a word or phrase that helps to link written ideas. These words are generally more formal lexical items that find little use in speech – which is perhaps why they do not always come naturally to students.
Discourse markers can be used, for example, to link ideas that are similar (e.g. the adverbs, also and similarly); and...
[ read full article ] »GCSE English Spoken Language ‘Defend the Indefensible’ Activity »
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This activity is taken from the First Activity in Lesson Two of the AQA, WJEC Eduqas, OCR & Edexcel GCSE Spoken Language Scheme.
‘Things that irk’
On a piece of A4 paper, ask the students to write down something they really do not like – encourage these suggestions not to be too serious. Use the example of Marmite; things that irk rather than serious issues. Once this is done, collect their responses and distribute them amongst the class so that...
[ read full article ] »GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry Puzzle Activity »
Categories: KS4, Poetry, Blake, The Sick Rose, Starters & Teaching Ideas, Teaching Ideas & Skills Development
This activity is taken from the Plenary in Lesson One of the Edexcel GCSE Eng Lit Component 2: Unseen Poetry Scheme.
Decide on your Poem
Choose a poem you are studying that you want the students to analyse. This scheme is looking at ‘The Sick Rose’ by William Blake.
Draw some jigsaw puzzle pieces on the board and ask students to do the same in their books.
Pose the question “What pieces make up ‘The Sick Rose’ puzzle?? Ask students to insert...
[ read full article ] »AQA GCSE English Language P1 Explorations Brothers Moderation »
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This resource takes a Language Paper One extract, and provides exemplar answers for every question, and every band, along with helpful explanations of how to interpret the mark scheme.
This could be used in a number of ways
Department Moderation
See video links to examiner talking you through this paper
- As a mock paper for your whole cohort to sit, and the exemplar responses will mean that department marking will be accurate and consistent
In Class
- In...
Improve Your Teaching | What Makes An Oustanding Lesson? »
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Ofsted Inspections: What Makes An Outstanding Lesson?
For many teachers the anxiety and worry of being observed is all too real. With new government initiatives such as the fact that pay is linked to performance, and the new Ofsted Framework (2012) breathing down our necks, it could enhance these worries and fears even more. It was therefore thought that it will be helpful to provide some guidance in terms of what...
[ read full article ] »A Level English Literature Starters »
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This collection of lesson starters for A Level English Literature complement the collection of ‘ice breakers’ and general English starters for broad recapping ideas, word games, creative writing starters, essay skills, general terms activities and skill builders. See A Level English Starters.
General discussion prompts are useful as broad starters once in a while. Try one of these quotations to get the class thinking:
- “Literature adds to reality....
A Level English Linguistic Lesson Starters »
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- A Level English Language Starters: Frameworks & Analysis
- A Level English Language Starters: Accent & Dialect
- A Level English Language Starters: Language & Gender
- A Level English Language Starters: Language Change
- A Level English Language Starters: Mode & Technology
- A Level English Language Starters: Child Language Acquisition
- A Level English Language Starters: Language & Power
This collection of suggestions includes ice-breaker or...
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