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Four literary terms students should understand before you begin studying that text

Sue de Lautour

Nov 263 min read

Four literary terms students should understand before you begin studying that text

Here are four terms students should understand about structuring the study of literature.

Fun Christmas Activities for your ENGLISH Class - meaningful, learny ones!

Jo Hayes

Nov 193 min read

Fun Christmas Activities for your ENGLISH Class - meaningful, learny ones!

Fun Christmas Activities for your ENGLISH Class - ones that involve learning!

Teacher Confessions: The Habits We Can't Seem to Shake!

Jo Hayes

Oct 305 min read

Teacher Confessions: The Habits We Can't Seem to Shake!

Have a laugh as Jo goes over some teacher confessions - habits we can't seem to shake!

Writing: developing ideas and thinking perceptively - two things that students don't really understand...and how to explain them better.

Sue de Lautour

Oct 304 min read

Writing: developing ideas and thinking perceptively - two things that students don't really understand...and how to explain them better.

When I returned to New Zealand from a stint working as an advisor in Abu Dhabi the education system had changed and so had the jargon of...

Simple ways to fit GRAMMAR into your already-crammed English programme.

Sue de Lautour

Oct 155 min read

Simple ways to fit GRAMMAR into your already-crammed English programme.

English teachers - fit GRAMMAR into your already-crammed English programme with these sustainable strategies.

Organise, plan, create: Notebook LM - the perfect teacher tool.

Jo Hayes

Oct 103 min read

Organise, plan, create: Notebook LM - the perfect teacher tool.

Teachers, you don't have to be a tech expert to enjoy organising, planning and creating with Notebook LM! It's GOLD!

Check Writing for AI use with the Revision History Chrome Extension - Here's How!

Jo Hayes

Sep 162 min read

Check Writing for AI use with the Revision History Chrome Extension - Here's How!

Teachers, here's a fantastic tool to check students' writing for AI content!

Sentence Structure Must-Knows to Begin the School Year!

Sue de Lautour

Sep 115 min read

Sentence Structure Must-Knows to Begin the School Year!

Ten small steps to teach your students to set them up for writing success - right from the beginning of the year!

Getting back to BASICS to teach formal writing structure.

Sue de Lautour

Aug 287 min read

Getting back to BASICS to teach formal writing structure.

Teach the structure of formal writing with these back-to-basics steps!

Saving your resources to the cloud - here's how!

Jo Hayes

Aug 223 min read

Saving your resources to the cloud - here's how!

Saving your files to the cloud is essential for making sure you never lose important resources, such as the Drive Resources workbooks......

Easily create audio books for your class with your iPhone!

Jo Hayes

Aug 62 min read

Easily create audio books for your class with your iPhone!

Create audio books for your class with your iPhone - or your android - with these simple instructions about how to record and upload to your

Teaching Film as Literature - a teacher guide

Sue de Lautour

Aug 17 min read

Teaching Film as Literature - a teacher guide

Teaching film as literature can be overwhelming for English/ELA teachers. Here's a quick teacher guide to help!

Google My Maps for Engaging English Lessons

Jo Hayes

Jul 223 min read

Google My Maps for Engaging English Lessons

Follow a character and engage with the setting in your next text study in English. Google My Maps for English lessons is a GAME-CHANGER!

Teaching Tips to Revise 1.3 Writing and 1.4 Unfamiliar Texts

Sue de Lautour

Jul 185 min read

Teaching Tips to Revise 1.3 Writing and 1.4 Unfamiliar Texts

A few things I'd be reiterating with students over in the final weeks (and couple of months) of the year to revise for 1.3 Writing and...

Annotating texts: the MAGIC ELIXIR for reading and writing skills

Sue de Lautour

Jun 265 min read

Annotating texts: the MAGIC ELIXIR for reading and writing skills

I’ve been thinking a lot about annotation lately. It pops up for reading, research, responding… It’s a springboard for writing...

Being an immigrant teacher in BICULTURAL Aotearoa New Zealand

Sue de Lautour

Jun 203 min read

Being an immigrant teacher in BICULTURAL Aotearoa New Zealand

By Jo Hayes In the beginning... Heading to New Zealand from the UK in 2010, I was confident in my research and what I could expect. I was...

Know with Jo: Teacher Tips for Google Classroom - #1

Jo Hayes

Jun 102 min read

Know with Jo: Teacher Tips for Google Classroom - #1

Quick teacher tips for Google Classroom. Stay in the know with Jo!

Setting is BOSS! Teaching students about setting

Sue de Lautour

Jun 67 min read

Setting is BOSS! Teaching students about setting

Key points and few strategies for teaching your students 4 types of setting. Setting is BOSS!

Teaching students to discuss text purpose needn't be like pushing *&%# uphill.

Sue de Lautour

Apr 235 min read

Teaching students to discuss text purpose needn't be like pushing *&%# uphill.

I’m sick of reading paragraphs with a cursory nod to ‘purpose’ tacked on as a final sentence. Students aren’t thinking about the...

3 proofreading habits that improve writing

Sue de Lautour

Apr 73 min read

3 proofreading habits that improve writing

How you can improve students' writing with proofreading habits.