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New Learn the Words Activities Prompt
We have now added an on-page prompt to encourage students to use the Learn the Words activities while working on their Course Pathways. Teachers can monitor whether these activities are being used on each student’s Course Test results overview page.
New Unit Summary Section
Students are now provided with a summary of things they have learnt while completing a course unit. They can now also give feedback on how confident they feel at the end of each unit. Teachers can view each student’s confidence ratings on their Course Test results overview page.
3 Word Lists for April
This month we looked ...
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April 23 marked Shakespeare Day in the UK and to celebrate we’ve picked characters from Shakespeare’s plays for this month's Word for Wednesday theme.
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. Scholars believe his birthday and death day were both April 23. His work—which is still wildly popular today—includes 38 plays and over a hundred poems. Learn more about how Shakespeare influenced the English language here.
So far we’ve looked at Romeo from Romeo and Juliet, Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Falstaff who appears in four of Shakespeare’s plays. Our final Shakespearea...
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April 23 marks Shakespeare Day in the UK and to celebrate we’ve picked characters from Shakespeare’s plays for this month's Word for Wednesday theme.
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. Scholars believe his birthday and death day were both April 23. His work—which is still wildly popular today—includes 38 plays and over a hundred poems. Learn more about how Shakespeare influenced the English language here.
So far we’ve looked at at Romeo from Romeo and Juliet and Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Today’s Shakespearean character is Sir John ...
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