Martin found marking work tedious. There never seemed any time for it. What with preparing lessons and teaching them, he felt too exhausted to spend time on what he called ‘marking’. Soon work mounted up and he would spend a whole weekend trying to cat …

Mary wanted to make a difference. She was a well-read humanities graduate with a first class honours degree and a passion for her subject, History. She chose teaching because she really wanted to change children’s’ lives and give them a chance to grow …

USEFUL QUESTION TYPES: building on success [You’ve done that well, now what would you do if…] delving deeper [What reasons can you give for that opinion?] checking understanding [Could you explain why you did that?] measuring movement [What will your …

Playing with questions The class are given answers and have to guess the question. Using the grid, groups of learners make up questions/answers to give the rest of the class. The class are given a text and asked to write down three questions they need …

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‘Love the Words’: A discussion on how Literature can inspire Welsh futures by Jude Brigley and Literature Wales. Context “Young people’s experience at school should have stimulated their imaginations in ways that engender excitement, are personally ful …

Spellbound by Jude Brigley

Donaldson has named four purposes of education that Welsh teachers should be concerned with. English teachers should be particularly stirred by them when Literature is under attack and when those children who need to be given access to the best ideas i …

A little more from the paper produced by me for and with Literature Wales. The full paper will soon be published on Literature Wales web-site. “A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men” —Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Great Glass E …

This is a section from a paper written with, and for, Literature Wales which will soon be available in full on their web-site. Wales has a long tradition of writing, both in English and Welsh. Contemporary writers continue to turn a mirror on our socie …