Language
Functions, alternative
This is the original version of the 'Essential functions' page. I have kept it here partly as a curiosity ... but also because, like many curiosities, it has the interest of being an alternative view...
Blog
Multi-pluri-inter-ism Free
. I lay claim to the coinage of the above new word. OED, please take note. OK, it’s not a particular elegant or beautiful word, but I reckon it will prove to be useful. Let me explain... These suffixes...
Literature
A child's language
Since Jack, the narrator of 'Room', is five years old, the whole novel is written in a representation of the kind of language that a five year old would know and use. I say 'representation' because of...
Building a programme
Mixed ability in EngB
It would be very nice to imagine that one could stream English B students into neat classes of Intermediate, Upper-intermediate, Advanced, and so on, but this is probably almost impossible in the usual...
Language
Student practical: pendulum Free
What follows is a detailed analysis of problems in a student's write-up of a Physics practical. The analysis focuses only on the 'Evaluation' section, since this was where the student's weaknesses of...
Literature
Journalism & History
Carlin's approach to this book explores an interesting area in which journalism and history overlap. Here are some definitions contrasting the two words :- A Journalism is about today, history is about...
Literature
Mandela
Here is a text for close reading which you could relate to a showing of the film Invictus, and as a prelude to reading the book. Introduce it to the students with the summary of the context given below....
Activities
Rewriting the past Free
Thinking about the way things might have been if ... can be an entertaining game of speculation, but it is also an important aspect of judging the past. It is intriguing to think about what would have...
Building a programme
On lesson plans
Well, possibly more a medieval bestiary which attempts quaint sketches of the most common animals in the educational jungle, rather than a detailed scientific analysis ... but there is a certain rationale...
Building a programme
Framework documents
The IB provides a pretty comprehensive set of documents which define what should be taught in IB programmes - and makes suggestions as to how. Comprehensive, yes - and sometimes a bit too comprehensive?...