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Using Booklets as a Teaching and Learning Tool

Ms Duckworth

Aug 3, 2020
7 min

Using Booklets as a Teaching and Learning Tool

How to design and use booklets in your classroom teaching.

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Ms Duckworth

Jun 7, 2020
10 min

My Reflections on Online Teaching

My reflections on online teaching and the valuable lessons I have learned.

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Ms Duckworth

May 8, 2020
6 min

Teaching Poetry Analysis

Some practical ideas on how to teach poetry to your pupils

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Ms Duckworth

May 2, 2020
5 min

Why I’ve changed how I use starters…

How and why I've changed how I use starter activities in all of my lessons.

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Ms Duckworth

Mar 6, 2020
8 min

School Closures & Online Learning

Some ideas and advice based on my own personal experience of conducting online learning due to the recent school closures.

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Formative Assessment Strategies for Use in Everyday Practice

Ms Duckworth

Nov 27, 2019
13 min

Formative Assessment Strategies for Use in Everyday Practice

How to use a range of engaging and effective formative assessment strategies in any classroom.

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Using Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction in English

Ms Duckworth

Nov 24, 2019
14 min

Using Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction in English

If you are interested in how to incorporate Rosenshine’s principles of instruction into your lessons, check out a few of my tried and...

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Using 'what, how, why' to develop and support pupil responses

Ms Duckworth

Nov 17, 2019
4 min

Using 'what, how, why' to develop and support pupil responses

After a successful few weeks with using 'what, how, why' (and a lot of tweaking of resources), I thought I'd share some of my most...

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Ms Duckworth

Nov 8, 2019
4 min

Top Ten Tips for Teaching Planning

How many of your pupils plan? Do they plan assignments or essays? Do they plan for coursework? Do they plan in exam conditions? I always...

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Using Tracking as a Tool in the Classroom

Ms Duckworth

Nov 3, 2019
3 min

Using Tracking as a Tool in the Classroom

I have worked in various roles throughout my career and in all of them I have used tracking as a way of monitoring pupil progress. I have...

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