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1 July 2024

Pinning the tale on the donkey: an active approach to storytelling

An important consideration for secondary English teachers is how they might usefully build on the…

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Scrooge and Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come

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1 July 2024

‘The spirits of all three’: lessons past, present and future – using drama to engage students when reading poetry and prose

Sue Pinnick considers why drama-based approaches have recently fallen out of favour in English and…

Sue Pinnick

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1 July 2024

Re-enacting the re-enactment: drama in the documentary film classroom

Meera Chudasama demonstrates how creative drama techniques can support students in critical analysis of documentary…

Meera Chudasama

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1 July 2024

Revitalising English through drama

Maggie Coles and Jane Pitfield introduce Drama at the Heart of English, their new book…

Maggie Pitfield

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1 July 2024

The ‘play’ must go on: lessons from a pandemic

Covid-19 posed a number of serious challenges for educators across the globe. Erin Woodford, a…

Erin Woodford

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1 July 2024

Decolonising English through drama

Addressing colonialist legacies in the English Literature curriculum is increasingly seen to be an important…

Katherine Barber

Silhouettes of bodies moving on stage behind red curtains

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1 July 2024

Get bodied! Mobilising the body in the exam-driven GCSE English classroom

As Camilla Stanger notes, many students struggle in getting to grips with GCSE English Language…

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1 June 2024

From rehearsal room to classroom: exploring novels through drama

Taking inspiration from professional stage adaptations of novels, Susie Ferguson offers some practical ideas for…

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1 March 2024

Assessing the future: possibilities for post-16 English

NATE asked Awarding Bodies about their vision for the future of post-16 qualifications in English…

Rhodri Jones

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1 March 2024

A Level English: where are we now?

Current A Level English specifications were first taught nearly 9 years ago in 2015, and…

Yvonne Williams