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TED: On being wrong | Kathryn Schulz
Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we're wrong about that? "Wrongologist" Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility.
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Complete Linux Training Course to Get Your Dream IT Job - Grammatical Mistakes
Avoid common grammatical errors, ensuring your resume presents you as a meticulous and professional candidate.
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Avoiding Shifts in Tense
A video titled "Avoiding Shifts in Tense" which instructs how to avoid shifting verb tense while writing an essay.
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Silent letters: the 'wr' spelling
Pupil outcome: I can spell words with 'wr' representing the 'r' phoneme. Key learning points: - 'wr' can be a representation of the 'r' phoneme. - The representation 'wr' is usually found at the start of a word. - Words connected in word...
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Planning the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
Pupil outcome: I can plan the final paragraph of a diary entry based on ‘Into the Forest’. Key learning points: - This paragraph recounts the final part of the boy’s journey and his discovery that his dad is at his grandma’s. - The boys...
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Writing the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
Pupil outcome: I can write the final paragraph of a diary entry based on ‘Into the Forest’. Key learning points: - This paragraph recounts the final part of the boy’s journey and his reunion with his dad in the past tense. - The boy’s...
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Planning the closing of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
Pupil outcome: I can plan the closing of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'. Key learning points: - The closing includes a sign-off from the writer. - The closing includes a summary of key events, thoughts, feelings and...
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Planning the diary entries of an imagined Windrush passenger
Pupil outcome: I can plan the structure and content of an imagined Windrush passenger's diary entries before and after arriving in London. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when it is planned. We can plan to describe...
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Spelling words with the suffix "-ing"
Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the suffix -ing when you add -ing or remove the 'e' and add -ing. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - Adding "-ing"...
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Adopting different perspectives
Pupil outcome: I can switch between third person and first person perspectives in writing and I can use a range of techniques to write a detailed internal monologue. Key learning points: - Narratives are often written in the third...
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Planning the climax of 'A Kind of Spark' including flashbacks
Pupil outcome: I can plan to write about Addie's speech from her perspective, incorporating third person flashbacks to the witch trials. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when it is planned. - Writing can include a shift...
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Writing the first section of the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'
Pupil outcome: I can write the first section of the climax of ‘A Kind of Spark’, adopting Addie’s perspective and using a range of language features. Key learning points: - We are writing a narrative that includes switches in perspective...
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Exploring the characters' emotions in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
Pupil outcome: I can understand the reasons that the different characters write a letter in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by exploring their emotions. Key learning points: - The crayons in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ use letters to explain...
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Life at home: building sentences, present tense singular
Pupil outcome: I can use weak verbs in the present tense in singular persons to translate or write a letter to a penfriend in German. Key learning points: - [u] can be either short (followed by 2 or more consonants) or long (followed by...
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Une rencontre : verbs like connaitre in present tense
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and use a range of verbs like connaitre in the present tense in the context of meeting new friends. Key learning points: - Connaitre is conjugated as follows in the present tense: connais, connais, connait,...
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Family activities: singular regular -er verbs
Pupil outcome: I can use singular -er verbs to say what I do at the weekend. Key learning points: - Accents can change the pronunciation of a letter in French. The SSCs [e], [è] and [é] make different sounds. - 'Manger' (to eat) and...
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Spelling further words with the suffix -ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell irregular past tense verbs. Key learning points: - Adding the suffix -ed turns the verb into the past tense. - When the vowel sound is long, we just add the suffix -ed. - When the vowel sound is short, we...
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Adding the suffix -ed to verbs
Pupil outcome: I can spell a word in the past tense using the suffix -ed. Key learning points: - Adding the suffix -ed turns the verb into the past tense and the -ed can sound like /id/, /d/ or /t/. - When a verb has two syllables and...
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Writing the first paragraph of a persuasive letter
Pupil outcome: I can write the first paragraph of a persuasive letter. Key learning points: - A persuasive letter is written mainly in the present tense, including the simple, progressive and perfect present forms. - Persuasive letters...
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Spelling words with the suffix "-ing", using alternative rules
Pupil outcome: I can learn new rules to spell words when adding the suffix -ing. Key learning points: - When -ing is added to the end of a word, it can show the past tense or the present tense. - If the root word has a short vowel and a...
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Applying all of the rules for the suffix "-ing"
Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the -ing suffix. Key learning points: - When -ing is added to the end of a word, it can show the past tense or the present tense. - Using the strategy "big letters" is a useful practice strategy. -...
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Present tense
Pupil outcome: I can say and write a simple sentence in the simple present tense. Key learning points: - A simple sentence is about one idea and it makes complete sense. - A simple sentence can be written in the present tense. - A simple...
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Present and past tense
Pupil outcome: I can vary the tense of a simple sentence. Key learning points: - A simple sentence can be written in the past or present tense. - The tense of a simple sentence changes the time frame of the action.
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Conflits et solutions en famille : extended writing and speaking
Pupil outcome: I can understand and describe family events and issues using a checklist for range of language and accuracy. Key learning points: - The perfect tense, the imperfect tense and the present tense can be usefully combined to...