Tag Archives: student expectations

The walled city: Josh Part 1

Posted on June 9, 2009 by steveshann

I want to start this post with Josh. Josh is the boy who has agreed to be a part of a small research project I’ve decided to do. The idea is to trial a task I’m going to be setting … Continue reading →

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Expectations, optimism and student performance

Posted on March 27, 2009 by steveshann

About an hour ago I was sitting with my 27 top set Year 10 English students. We’re studying satire, had just finished watching an Australian film called The Club and were talking about whether the students thought it was satire … Continue reading →

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What do the students want to know?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by steveshann

First day of the new school year today. First class, Year 10 English, a class of pretty switched on boys. We’re starting a semester-long unit on satire, and I’d prepared reasonably carefully: a unit plan outlining where we would go … Continue reading →

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