Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog
A 'warts and all' view of my teaching career. Hopefully, some of my thoughts will inspire you. Or, they will prevent you from making some of the mistakes I have made in the past.
- By Xris
- Based in United Kingdom
- Roughly one post per month
- First post on
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| Jan 2024 | 2 |
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Most recent posts
As we get closer to the end for our Year 11s, it is so common for us to throw (metaphorically) everything and the kitchen sink at them. As they leave classrooms, we pile them up …
It is that annual time of year where I teach Question 3, the structure question, to students. The more I teach this question, the more I think we need to work more on symbolism in …
One of the biggest areas for English teachers is the ‘why’ aspect of analysis. Why does the writer do this? Over the years, we have seen paragraph structures to address this and we even seen …