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Poetry to Commemorate the Holocaust
14th January 2019Poetry to Commemorate the Holocaust On Sunday January 27 it’s Holocaust Memorial Day. I will be in Cambridge at...
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Volcano Bag
31st August 2018I was listening to the radio and I heard about a woman who lived on the island of Monserrat...
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How to Shake Things Up in the Writing, Reading, Talking, Listening Field
30th July 2018For teachers wondering about how to shake things up in the writing, reading, talking, listening field: How about a...
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Writing – Starting Points
11th June 2018The simplest, easiest and most painless way to write is to be stimulated or inspired by another piece of...
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Reveal-Conceal and Other Ideas For the Classroom
15th May 2018Teachers sometimes ask me for ways they can use to get away from the rigid questioning of children about...
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How to Look at a Poem
6th March 2018If you’re sitting looking at a poem and you’re wondering what to say about it, think about or write...
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Scribbles, Notes, and Blogs
8th January 2018I used to scribble all my ideas down in a notebook but now that we’ve got phones and tablets...