Use Michael Swan’s session to gain a better understanding of the typical grammar mistakes learners make and how to prioritise the grammar you teach.
Revision ideas
Courtesy of Alex Quigley here are some ideas on how to maxmise revision
http://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2017/03/the-long-and-winding-road-of-revision/
Links to great English sites
Here are a lot of sites that English teachers could find very useful courtesy of Alex Quigley
Retrieval practice and spaced learning
How many questions should I give students to work on after my instruction? Should I group all the questions together or space them over time? Should I ‘block’ questions on the same topic together or should I mix them with questions from other topic areas? Is ‘over-learning’ an efficient strategy for boosting student outcomes? Should I always be using high-frequency formative assessment techniques to guide my instruction? Is it possible, and if so, how do you measure the learning that has happened in a lesson? What does best practice look like in an assessing-without-levels world? Within a progress context, are rapid and sustained mutually inclusive or exclusive?
GCSE Maths passports
These new grades 1 to 9 GCSE maths passports are a resource designed to encourage students to have independence of their revision. However the maths GCSE passport resources also provides direction for the students about how to revise maths, which maths topics to revise and where to look for maths resources.
https://www.missbsresources.com/teaching-and-learning/mathspassports
Live marking
Does live-marking have a place in the classroom? If so, how can it be managed and what impact can it have?
Differentiation
From UKedChat is a list of ways you could differentiate in lessons to ensure all students find something to challenge them
https://ukedchat.com/2017/04/25/differentiation-magic-tool/






