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Joanna Rodger

@MissDunmore1

English teacher, Learning Leader for KS4 and lover of literature. Currently 📖 ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’

Northampton, England Katılım Şubat 2017
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Joanna Rodger
Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
In the spirit of being (quite a lot more than) 10% braver, I've started a blog - something I've been wanting to do for years @EduNorthants has inspired me to start regularly contributing to the conversation. Here's my first blog on the symbolism of names: jorodger.wordpress.com/2021/03/29/wha…
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Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
This. I am INFURIATED when students try it on about needing to go the toilet. That absolutely happens - they just fancy a break! When called out about it, they generally admit it and we all move on. But blanket bans (even with medicalised toilet cards) ARE discriminatory. Fact.
Lucy Easthope@LucyGoBag

Has Mr Scales ever bled through a night time pad and two pairs of tights in Year 10? (And I get what a nightmare toilet policies currently are but I really feel for any student battling health issues in schools)

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Joanna Rodger
Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
@Hannahgibbons19 Not in literary definition I’d say, but yes for theatrical purpose. See it more as symbolic of the witches’ supernatural influence over the natural world, representing the oncoming chaos and disruption of nature order
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Hannah Gibbons
Hannah Gibbons@Hannahgibbons19·
Question - English department is having a discussion at school. Would the ‘thunder and lightning’ at the beginning of Macbeth be considered pathetic fallacy or not?
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RSC Learning@RSC_Learning·
Our Live Lesson on Macbeth is now available to watch on demand 🗡️ It focuses on Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, looking at 2 key scenes, with actors from our 2023 production. Watch the Lesson on Youtube and find additional resources ➡️ow.ly/Ijbp50QvujX 📷Marc Brenner (c) RSC
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Teachers Talk English
Teachers Talk English@TTREnglish·
English teachers - are you a Shakespeare enthusiast? Could have an interesting opportunity for you! Get in touch if so :))
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GCSE MACBETH
GCSE MACBETH@GCSE_Macbeth·
If Macbeth and R&J disappeared from the syllabus tomorrow, but you had free choice of every other Shakespeare play, what would emerge as the most common go-to GCSE texts? (suspect everyone's going to say The Tempest but let's see)
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Joanna Rodger
Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
There’s a special place in hell reserved for people who sit, working alone, on massive tables in independent coffee shops. Take your work to Starbucks and leave me a table for brunch thank you. #sundayrant
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Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
@_Esther_Gray Ooh I’ve taught this as our satellite text for NEA this year and they’ve loved it! Let me know if you want any resources x
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E Gray@_Esther_Gray·
I can't wait to start teaching A Doll's House tomorrow with my Yr 13 group! Such a brilliant play. #AspireAchieveAcclaim
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Joanna Rodger
Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
@bennewmark Yeah I’m with you on this one. For me it’s because of the disconnect between subject knowledge and pedagogic content knowledge, at least for Eng. Someone could have incredible sub. knowledge on Medieval English literature but insecure understanding of the AQA language paper.
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Ben Newmark
Ben Newmark@bennewmark·
See we're doing interviews. My sometimes unpopular opinion on this is at secondary it's appropriate to ask candidates to do part of a GCSE paper in the subject they teach.
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Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
@bennewmark This is the hill I die on at work. Much more eloquently put than I have in the past! I normally say: do you mean autism? Or ADHD? Or dyslexia? And the list as many as I can think of to make the point!
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Ben Newmark@bennewmark·
It'd do so much good if people would stop talking about certain pedagogical styles and techniques not being appropriate for "children with SEND." SEND is an aggregated label and means very little. Talking about this group as if they share characteristics is a dead end.
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Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
@HoDandHeart God I love that poem. The visceral misogyny always lit a fire with my classes!
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Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
@jessicawa93 Congratulations! The relief is intense - but also take a moment to acknowledge that this is also your achievement. You should be so proud of yourselves for advocating and getting what she needs. ⭐️
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Jessica W
Jessica W@jessicawa93·
My daughter got her special school place for 2024 confirmed this week and the relief was so overwhelming. I’m so excited for her, the school is outstanding and I can’t wait to see her thrive in an environment that can fully meet her needs 🥰✨
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Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
Yet again, I’ll be doing the vast majority of my Christmas shopping on the 23rd. I just cannot be organised during term time. I’m barely keeping afloat: how are people organised enough to get all the other Christmas crap sorted too!?
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Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
I absolutely LOVE how much the school I would at ‘does Christmas’. Staff panto, charity week with students fund raising, festive treats from the kitchen. It was a homemade mince pie today.
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Joanna Rodger@MissDunmore1·
@HelenSimmons8 I love this! My son (reception year at an amazing SEN school) has been included for all his classmates birthdays (10 in his class). Always low-key, bouncy castle, beige food, no music, areas for quiet etc. joyful inclusion I worried we wouldn’t get to experience as a family 💕
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Helen Simmons ✨
Helen Simmons ✨@HelenSimmons8·
Birthday parties at my son’s specialist SEN school are just not a thing- nobody does ‘em. But I decided this year to at least try… sent invites to the whole school (30 kids), hired a calm space & some soft play. Put out snacks and played music.
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