Welcome to 101 English Blogs project!
The aim of this project is to encourage 101 English teachers from around the world to start blogging (or share existing blogs) about their English classrooms. This blog will list each of the 101 blogs and will be a place for sharing and highlighting what is going on in over 100 English classrooms.
Keen to join? Email me at am@eggs.school.nz
101 English Blogs - Latest posts!
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Employee Handbooks – People Professional
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Having been responsible for on-boarding staff in three organisations, I
have a vested interest in the “Employee Handbook.” Whilst not required by
law in th...
3 days ago
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Junior Poetry Prize
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Congratulations to Nia Jessup, winner of the 2023-24 Junior Poetry Prize.
*My Love*
I lost you in our favourite time of year.
In that beautiful spring ...
2 weeks ago
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Poetry Friday: A Pond for All Seasons
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Welcome to Poetry Friday! Tabatha is hosting today at The Opposite of
Indifference. She shares a found poem written by her daughter that many of
us can rel...
1 year ago
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Critical thinking and media literacy
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I recently showed my Year 12 class a documentary called Childhood 2.0 which
discusses many of the issues that teens face with the rise of social media.
The...
2 years ago
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Fall 2021: Hiatus
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This site will again go dormant for at least one school year, as I am not
teaching TOK in 2021-22. In the meantime, enjoy the past posts and links.
However...
2 years ago
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‘Hamlet’ challenge – 20th December 2018
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Well done to all who took part in the ‘Hamlet’ challenge of 2018.
Soliloquies, dramatisations and props to represent the characters and
themes – it was a m...
5 years ago
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My Car Speaks
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I know I was meant for greater things than this. I mean I was born on an
assembly line in Detroit, or maybe it was Korea, or Japan, or…but I
digress. I ro...
5 years ago
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Politics and Education
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This year is going to be an incredible one for our students. The world's
population is at boiling point, and thanks to the internet, we have a
wealth of re...
7 years ago
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A slightly less cold coming
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From the train window as dusk faded it seemed that every house had a tree
illuminated with coloured lights. Passing through snow-covered countryside
the tr...
7 years ago
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Forming Minds
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Data is the operative buzzword in education these days. Principals love it;
teachers hate it. Our students are more than data points, but as an
educator, i...
8 years ago
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Jesus, Continued...
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Jesus, Continued...by J.D. Greear is a book dealing mostly with Christian's
relationships with the Holy Spirit. Greear proposes that Jesus told His
discipl...
9 years ago
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Frazzled making back-to-school meals? Try eMeals {includes a giveaway!}
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a Rafflecopter giveaway By Heather Hollands Back-to-School season has
always been my favorite time of year. Not only do I love the new beginnings
of the s...
9 years ago
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Alvin Team
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Alvin Team
9 years ago
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fridays!
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Out for a night on the town! That gets an exclamation mark as it is a
rather rare event. I do noy have a husband who likes to go out. Oh in his
younger day...
9 years ago
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Getting students to read the Constitution
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My fiendish plot was simple - get my students to actually read the US
Constitution, which is dry and long. I came up with a Constitutional
Convention, ha...
11 years ago
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Classroom Discussion Strategies
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Classroom Discussions play an important role in student learning. It
engages students, allows them to practice important life skills and is also
a form of ...
11 years ago
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post to blog weekly (weekly)
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Smore – Design beautiful online flyers and publish instantly tags: design
flyers online Web 2.0 teaching english 11thGrade 12thgrade Posted from
Diigo. The...
11 years ago
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History of Video Games
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*Console Video Game History*
View another webinar from marty_b11
12 years ago
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Middle Earth
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If there is one major upside to seniors being out for mock exams its that
you get to spend a lot more time with junior classes and you get time to
spend on...
12 years ago
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The Old College Try: Year Two
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Today I spent about 5-6 hours working student registration and advising new
students into the best possible schedule. I have to say it felt GREAT being
bac...
12 years ago
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Gearing Up...
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It is hard to believe my first year of teaching is about to start.
My classroom is set up...
and I can't wait to get going.
I've started my class websit...
12 years ago
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Moving On
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This Blog has been good to me but I'm moving. Transferring to Wordpress.
Hope to see you there.
http://justtryingtobebetter.wordpress.com/
http://justtryin...
12 years ago
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Technology Professional Day: Blended Learning
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Today 8 teachers from our school are attending a full-day professional day
on using technology in the classroom. Our topic is blended learning, the
mixing ...
13 years ago
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One Sweet World
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"Nine planets around the sun
only one does the sun embrace
upon this watered one
so much we take for granted
so let us sleep outside tonight
lay down in our ...
13 years ago
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Not one that I'd like to repeat
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Right. Well the classroom was a sanctuary this week for me and thank
goodness that everyone rose to the challenge! I'm hitting into short
stories with one ...
13 years ago
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Learning to co-construct
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My inquiry project this year involves a co-constructed 11 English course
which involves student choice, not assessment, paving the way for quality
learni...
13 years ago
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Vocabulary conundrums
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My school has recently taken a stance on the importance of enforcing
vocabulary teaching in the class. As a school we are working on this in all
subjects, ...
13 years ago
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Meet the team
Claire Amos - Project Developer and Facilitator
My name is Claire Amos and I am the 101 English Blog developer, below is a brief bio and links to my other online environments. Please don't hesitate to make contact if you would like to join the project! am@eggs.school.nz
Bio
Claire Amos resides in Auckland, New Zealand. She is married and has two young daughters. She is the Director of e-learning at Epsom Girls Grammar School. She is also the facilitator of the ICTs in English community on English Online. In 2010 Claire held the position of Auckland Secondary English Facilitator at Team Solutions at the University of Auckland. Claire has taught English for 13 years in a range of secondary schools, most recently holding the position of Head of English Faculty at Auckland Girl’s Grammar School. She has worked at a national level in assessment and curriculum in English as a part of the writing team for the redevelopment of the NCEA standards and as a marker for NCEA external standards. In 2009 Claire was a Ministry of Education e-fellow for which she undertook a study of how ICTs can be used to support literacy in and beyond the English classroom.
My Digital Footprint
ICTs in English - Forum Blog I contribute to as ICTs in English forum facilitator
