The gamification of English

Nick Sutcliffe

By Nick Sutcliffe
Community contribution / November 6, 2014

You would usually expect the rattling roll of dice to come from a maths lesson on probability, but in Blackheath and Thornburgh College you are more likely to hear them from an English class.

Year 9 and 10 students are taking part in an innovative new unit that is using the roleplaying styling of ...

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