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How to Teach Your Kids to Help with Chores
Are you constantly picking up your kids' clothes and toys? Follow these simple steps to teach them to lend a hand.Are you constantly picking up your kids' clothes and toys? Follow these simple steps to teach them to lend a hand.
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How to Start a Green Initiative at School
Make the planet cleaner and healthier starting with your own school. With the help of classmates and teachers, you can develop a program that can serve as a model for other schools.
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How to Get Upper Body Strength
If you're embarrassed by your puny arms or just need to muscle up for sports, this guide will help make you stronger without steroids.
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How to Read the Eights Tarot Cards
Howcast -Learn how to read the Eights tarot cards from expert Ellen Goldberg, M.A. in this Howcast video.
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US Olympics Dreams; From Tragedy To Triumph For Paralympic Sailors
Three men who thought they lost it all have taken their lives back and are sailing for their country. Rick Doerr, Brad Kendell and Hugh Freund all experienced some tragedy that left them paralyzed in some form. While their...
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My Mom - Best Gift For Mother's Day!
How would you express what your mother means to you? A mother's love is hard to put into words--it is the fuel that leads us to learn, grow and achieve great things! Their selfless and giving ways keep families...
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'An Inspector Calls': exploring class and power in a model essay
Pupil outcome: I can use model responses to refine my own writing about 'An Inspector Calls'. Key learning points: - A successful essay will have a clear overarching argument. - Select main quotations and supporting quotations to support...
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'Animal Farm': reading Chapter 8 and the pigs' corruption
Pupil outcome: I can explain what happens in Chapter 8 of ‘Animal Farm’ and identify how the pigs corrupt the ideals of animalism. Key learning points: - Squealer uses statistics to inflate the success of the pigs' rule - The windmill is...
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Exploring the power dynamics between Prospero and Ariel in 'The Tempest'
Pupil outcome: I can analyse the power dynamics between Prospero and Ariel in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. Key learning points: - Ariel’s language shows both deference and frustration towards Prospero. - Ariel is forced to be obedient to...
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Writing essays about hypocrisy in 'Jekyll and Hyde'
Pupil outcome: I can make connections between ideas about hypocrisy, discretion and privacy within a planned extended response. Key learning points: - Dr. Jekyll is hypocritical because he conceals his wicked other self under a facade of...
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The UK's climate
Pupil outcome: I can understand the reasons why the climate of the UK varies. Key learning points: - The UK has a temperate maritime climate, which means that it is mild with lots of rainfall. - The south of the UK is warmer than the...
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'An Inspector Calls': exploring the character of Eric
Pupil outcome: I can understand and explain the significance of Eric while considering multiple interpretations. Key learning points: - Eric is established as a moral voice at the start of the play, but lacks the ability to be assertive....
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Exploring the different methods of control and leadership in 'Animal Farm'
Pupil outcome: I can explain the different methods of control in 'Animal Farm' and how the pigs use these to gain power. Key learning points: - A cult of personality is the result of a carefully constructed persona, spread through...
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Follow the breadcrumbs
Pupil outcome: I can explain the need for navigation. Key learning points: - A navigation path allows users to keep track of where they have been on the website or how it is structured. - A website’s design usually starts at the top with...
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Choosing formatting tools
Pupil outcome: I can make formatting changes and undo mistakes. Key learning points: - Text styling tools make words stand out. - Changes can be undone and redone.
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Adding and removing text
Pupil outcome: I can add and remove text using a keyboard. Key learning points: - A keyboard can type letters, numbers, spaces and new lines. - The cursor controls where the keyboard adds or removes text. - Text can be removed using the...
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Planning the first diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
Pupil outcome: I can write a plan for my first diary entry from the perspective of Lila. Key learning points: - Oral rehearsal of a recount ensures we have a clear understanding of the chronology of events. - When rehearsing and planning...
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Crafting malevolent characters
Pupil outcome: I can explain and apply the key conventions a writer uses to craft a malevolent character. Key learning points: - A writer can use key conventions to craft a malevolent character in their writing. - These conventions...
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Preparing to deliver a presentation
Pupil outcome: I can use effective preparation strategies to help me deliver a presentation confidently. Key learning points: - Presentations are much more engaging when the speaker does not simply read off a page or memorise word for...
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Withholding information and timing revelations
Pupil outcome: I can explain the narrative techniques of withholding information and timing revelations. Key learning points: - Withholding information is a powerful narrative technique for increasing reader engagement. - You can...
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Introducing the Gothic in 'Jekyll and Hyde'
Pupil outcome: I can understand how Stevenson conforms to, and subverts, Gothic conventions in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Key learning points: - Gothic fiction is fascinated by strange places, yet Stevenson sets his story in London. - The figure...
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Reading 'The Twisted Tree': exploring the opening
Pupil outcome: I can make predictions about a new text and understand how a character is introduced. Key learning points: - The cover, blurb and dedication of a book can give you important details about the themes. - The novel is...
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What is it? Intonation questions and 'quoi'
Pupil outcome: I can ask and answer intonation questions to identify something. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [ch] sounds like the 'ch' in 'chercher', to look for. - Intonation yes/no questions are formed by...