I have no inside knowledge in terms of what will be on the exams - this is done by considering aspects such as typical extract length, question styles etc. that AQA use and eliminating anything that has already appeared on their published SAMS and past ...
2023 GCSE English Exam Papers 1 & 2 Prep Ideas (Lang & Lit) Posted on 18/03/2023 So, here come the next few months in quick succession and before you know it, the 17th May will soon be with us and you will be sitting the first of 4 exams in English which are designed (by an...
When I taught AP, I always assigned two term papers over the course of the year. That gave students a chance to really get into a particular work. That accomplished two things: (1) Students had a chance to use their critical reading and writing skills just as they would on the AP test...
Back then, anyone, radical or not, would present his or her view by running off statements on mimeograph machines. If they were sophisticated or artistic, they might do silkscreening for posters and T-shirts. Position papers and editorials would be slid under dorm doors, handed out on the s...
Classes are ending, final papers and exams are almost finished…but don’t lose sight of these calls for submissions and application deadlines over winter break! Below is a list of upcoming deadlines, sorted by week, between November 18, 2024 and January 6, 2025. (Visit the “Calls for Sub...
In our 2023 post about why a “w” is called a double-u, we discuss the origin and pronunciation of the letter, and we note that in Old English, the “w” sound was pronounced before the letters “l,”“r,” and “n,” a usage that died out in Middle English. The silent “w...
My English teacher wanted to have sex with me in Junior High. The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy. I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler and stapled his nuts to a stack of papers. —Eminem ...
Has ‘greenlit’ been greenlighted? August 15, 2023 The verb greenlight, or green-light, means to give something approval or permission to proceed: you give it the green light, metaphorically. What past-tense form of the verb would you use in these lines? HBO just [greenlight] Season 2....
and success will be down to you. Remember, education (academic and non-academic) gives us knowledge that lit the light (Wisdom, the gift of the Holy Spirit) to educate our hearts and minds, removing all sorts of darkness in life to find the Ultimate Truth—the meaning of life on this ...
We talked about TEMPLE ALLEY SUMMER and introduced THE HOUSE OF THE LOST ON THE CAPE, due out in September 2023. #middlegrade #worldkidlit pic.twitter.com/UrSEUo1bgI— Avery Udagawa (@AveryUdagawa) March 24, 2023 The experience of co-presenting helped me get to know Sachiko Kashiwaba ...