There is some confusion surrounding preparations for the Of Mice and Men assessment and this is a post to alleviate (note vocabulary) your sense of worry.
Lot's of you are stating that 'this is the hardest assessment you have done'. What you need to understand as it seems harder because I am stretching you to consistently improve. My job as a teacher is to keep honing and improving your existing skills, adding new ones and challenging you to use......
Year 9 Challenge - 6 Books in 6 Weeks
The 6 books in 6 weeks reading challenge has kicked off. I started by getting into the swing of things with the book / genre of my choice and finished it within 5 days. Remember each time you finish your book you need to create a 6 sentences review capturing the essence of the text.
Genre of Choice - Whit by Iain Banks
I read The Wasp Factory as a 14 Year old and thoroughly enjoyed it but as I've grown older, I've particularly enjoyed the......
Evaluation of the Blog
This blog was started as an experiment on the request / moan of students who didn't know how to revise. I've been staggered by the success (in terms of viewing figures) of this but there is a nagging doubt at the back of my mind as to how this is being used.
The time put into this could be used in other ways to improve the learning experience of students so I am looking to collect some data to look at the impact of the site.
If you have used the site in any way since it's birth in October, please fill in the survey here:
http://svy.mk/12zwlCx
Tha......
Year 10 Of Mice and Men Assessment Work
As we focus in on what is required of us to hit the top bands in the Of Mice and Men assessment, we need to begin developing some sophistication in our language and ideas.
After 7 years of teaching the text, the most successful students have always been the ones that have engaged the examiner / me in some ideas that show they have understood the complexities of the text and not just the surface level of characterisation, setting and plot.
The key words in the mark scheme are sophisticated / impressive / perceptive.
Friday's twitter cast was aimed at developing answers and points that highlight......
