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I used to often stress the importance of planning before students tackle lit questions, but rarely showed them what effective planning looks like. I now use my 3WS method under the visualiser to break down the question with students. dropbox.com/scl/fo/d8uktpu…

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‘My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales…But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again…’ —CS Lewis on his Narnia

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🌟Macbeth vocabulary resource🌟 I put together some activities to reinforce the key words I use again and again when teaching Macbeth. This is not by any means a conclusive list, but these are words that I return to a lot!

NEW BLOG: An Inspector Recalls …ingfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2025/01/an-ins… #engchatuk #engchat

Really interesting first session of the ‘Writing and SEND in the English classroom’ series 🧠 Loved the discussions around more not less, explicitly codifying the teaching of writing and balancing crafting, quality and quantity. Thanks Amjad Ali & Jennifer Webb

Good morning! I'm sure everybody has a version of an A Christmas Carol revision booklet at this point but I wanted something quite specific, so made my own 41 page extravaganza! I know the others have been helpful to some people so it is here if you need drive.google.com/file/d/15vc3Se…

I took part in a discussion with Anna Leaman about reading & the importance of teaching it explicitly. A great opportunity to exchange ideas & reflect on how to make reading accessible&meaningful for multilingual learners. youtube.com/watch?v=-InEKM… #multilingual #EAL #edutwitter

NEW RESOURCE 🚨 15 poetry revision mats for the AQA Power & Conflict cluster. Ideal for independent revision. Each mat includes the poem to read and a set of mini tasks which break down the exam skills. Hope it's useful for Team English FREE PDF ⬇️ laurawebbcpd.com/resources/#a3-…

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Some evening prep means new resources! An Inspector Calls character drills and quotation drills for act 2. Hope they're useful, and will work with the updated spec for Wales too! Team English & Literacy, Wales Team English Litdrive UK #aninspectorcalls #wjec #gcse drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

Just put together a quick webinar for KS4 teachers, leads, leaders- eventbrite.co.uk/e/effective-re… Thought it would be useful pre mock season(s)! £5 a ticket only! Zoom- 7.30-8.15- 45mins- Quick fire stuff! Pls share&RT!

Dear teachers, if you could spare 10 mins this half term I'd massively appreciate it if you could complete my survey I'm conducting as part of my PhD. No pressure, though I would be eternally grateful to anyone who does fill this out for me. #Edutwitter york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8H…

Finished the final one of these I'm going to make - here is my An Inspector Calls revision guide. Hope these have been helpful! Editable and PDF versions here + all 4 others I have made so far! drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

The word "understand" appears 25 times in An Inspector Calls.

Hidden in English place names is a secret code of invasion and conquest. Vikings, Romans, Saxons, and Normans all stamped their languages onto the landscape. Here's how to decode any English place name — and instantly know who conquered that spot 1,000+ years ago... 🧵

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An interesting study on vocabulary learning for EFL learners found that tasks like composition writing and sentence rewording led to greater vocabulary gains, supporting the depth of processing theory. Full article: lnkd.in/edsRXJy2 #edutwitter #EAL #multilingual

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