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Student friendly assessment criteria checklists Free
Student assessment criteria checklists are a valuable tool for supporting students' understanding of the individual strands of each of the four objectives' assessment criteria. They can be adapted to...
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Podcast Recording
A while ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Chris Jordon for his The Leading Language and Literature Podcast. Chris Jordan's introduction: This week I’m talking to Kate Beatty. Kate is a former...
Approaches to Learning and Teaching
Pedagogical Strategies Free
The Enhanced MYP offers further guidance on pedagogical strategies designed to strengthen concept-based classrooms. The pages that follow introduce key strategies and share practical examples of how they...
Approaches to Learning and Teaching
Pedagogical Strategy 1: Classification
The pedagogical strategy of classification is an analytical skill that helps L&L students make sense of information by organising it into meaningful sets. This thinking and learning process involves grouping...
General Resources
Poem to Go: A Memory by Ted Hughes
"A Memory" by Ted Hughes is a portrayal of a moment from the past, which allows the reader to step into a pastoral world. The poem captures a scene of a person shearing a sheep, their physical exertion...
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Newsletter 9 - April 2025
Welcome to the April 2025 Newsletter and greetings from Bavaria where Spring has arrived this week. Before sharing the latest updates to the website, I would like to inform you about an exciting upcoming...
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Newsletters & Interviews
Read our news and updates to the site in the latest newsletter and interviews with Kate Beatty, the website author! Hello,Welcome to the first InThinking MYP English Language & Literature Newsletter!...
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Workshop Recording: Making L&L criteria visible in student writing
Recently, I gave a short workshop about making Language and Literature criteria visible in real writing. On this pagee there is a recording of the workshop. Imagine your students knowing what Criterion...
Teaching Units
I am ME!
Reading, discussing and analysing short stories with the theme of identity helps students to reflect on their unique individual identities, their perspectives about the character traits of others and...
Unit Planning
Service as Action
During our Language and Literature units, we create opportunities for students to connect authentically their learning with the real world locally, nationally and globally. We introduce students to global...