With Jo Heathcote (English practitioner and consultant). This session will help you to: understand more about Assessment Objectives and what they are asking students to show; understand more about mark schemes and how they are applied; consider ways of helping students to plan responses more effectively; assist all of your students to build and craft…
In this discussion we think about the relationship between tragedy and pathos, and how Shakespeare and later adaptors intensify the emotional pain at the end of the play.
In this session we discussed how to engage students with Shakespeare’s images and empower them to analyse its meaning for themselves.
Remember: every class is different and that every day is different and what works with some classes may not necessarily work for others as successfully. Adapt your approach and/or the content to what suits the specific students in front of you. The ideas that follow are based solely on my experiences in the classroom and…
A striking cover attracts readers to this book in the Nature Investigator series which provides us with a wealth of information about sharks. We learn about the variety of sharks and how many of their features suit their habitat. Their superpowers are described. In the ”Chomp chomp!” chapter we see what they eat, and the…
The British Academy’s new report is an in-depth examination of the health of English Studies in UK higher education, offering detailed analysis against specific themes vital to the health of the discipline. The Chair of the EA, Professor David Duff, comments: The EA welcomes the British Academy’s ‘deep dive’ into HE provision in English. The…