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Posts tagged English literature
Tricky topics in GCSE English Literature: Poetic Form (Unseen Poetry)
Poetic Form is an important topic for GCSE English students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE English exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Poetic Form !
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How will Artificial Intelligence change the study of English literature and language?
This week Joanna, Tassomai’s Community Marketing Manager and an English literature graduate, shares her thoughts on how she thinks AI will impact how the subject is taught …
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World Poetry Day 2023 - Poetry education in the UK
Celebrating World Poetry Day 2023 , Tassomai Content Writer, Georgia, considers poetry education in the UK and how Tassomai supports its teaching.
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Why I love Tassomai’s scientific approach to English teaching!
Chantelle Nichols, Teacher of English and KS5 Coordinator at The Sutton Academy in St. Helens, talks to Tassomai about how she uses Tassomai to identify gaps in her students’ knowledge and engage students who prefer maths and science in their English studies…
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How Tassomai has replaced homework for core subjects in our school
Amy Craven, Lead English Teacher at St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy in Dewsbury, talks to Tassomai about using the program in her classroom and how much it has reduced teacher workload at her school…
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NEW Live Lessons Schedule Announced for May Revision Period
Tassomai will be extending our series of Live Lessons to run throughout the May revision period! Find out more about the new sessions here…
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Tassomai Roundtable: Challenges, tensions and opportunities in English literature teaching
Our most recent online round table discussion led to the publication of a free downloadable report with valuable insights from English literature teachers, school leaders and English literature education organisations about the future of English teaching.
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Building background knowledge - the secret to success in GCSE English
Kathrine Mortimore shares her advice for GCSE English students, using Tassomai for English and her experience of her time as part of the ongoing Torquay-Tassomai collaboration.
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How to revise for English literature and language
English literature and language are notoriously hard to revise for - or are they? Abi Ludlow, English teacher and KS3 Lead at Richard Lander School, gives her top tips on how to revise for the English GCSEs.
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GCSE English - What You Need to Know as a Parent
Andy Sammons is author of The Compassionate Teacher and Director of English and Strategic Lead at Kettlethorpe High School. Andy speaks to Tassomai about how the English GCSE subjects are structured and what parents need to know.
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English teaching deserves edtech too
Abi Ludlow, English teacher and Tassomai lead at Richard Lander School in Truro discusses her experience with Tassomai’s KS4 English literature content and her hopes for its future.
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Tassomai’s NEW Unseen Poetry Course for English Literature
Tassomai unveils its new Unseen Poetry Skills course to help students get to grips with the basics of poetry and equip them with the tools to analyse a poem they haven’t seen before.
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New Video Content for English Literature
We’re excited to announce that Tassomai now includes targeted videos for English literature, with the first set of videos focusing on Shakespeare texts.
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Moving from a magpie mindset
Guest blogger Vic Goddard tells us what he looks for when choosing EdTech , how this has changed over the years and why he’s keen to put Tassomai’s new English Literature course to the test.
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How Tassomai's English literature course works
Learn more about the structure and method behind our new KS4 English literature content, and how it will help to increase knowledge retention .
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A first look at Tassomai’s new GCSE English literature content
Learn more about the course structure and the texts we are covering, and take a look at some sample questions .
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How Tassomai’s new English literature program is highlighting the importance of diversity
Amid calls for the National Curriculum to be updated and diversified, our team is hard at work creating questions for a range of brilliant books, plays and poems , which we hope will inspire schools to offer more texts by BAME authors.
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