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STRUCTURE! Why does it trip so many students up? A great resource for lang 1 q3 but also, to layer onto literature analysis. stan.store/secondaryengli… #englishteacher #gceenglish #ECTEnglish

A summary of advice from Chief Examiner reports on GCSE English Language douglaswise.co.uk/blog/chief-exa… 📄

A list of techniques that students can use in their transactional writing. Designed to be stuck into books for reference douglaswise.co.uk/blog/transacti… 📝

This resource seems to be gaining traction again. Reposting in case it’s of use to anyone! @Team_English1

🕯️🏰 Inspired by THE TRAITORS and underpinned by our LP2 Q5 crafting border, here's a FREE single lesson to develop speech writing! Nothing fancy, but an engaging and current idea⬇️ tes.com/teaching-resou… With the border available here: tes.com/teaching-resou… And remember...

🌀A simple task today unlocked so much and revealed another massive plus of the spiral curriculum model🌀 Year 11 recalled terminology from their Year 9 study of rhetoric, linked to Animal Farm, King Lear and An Inspector Calls ➡️ Perfect foundation for LP2, Q3 👊

New revision lessons for AQA Language, Paper 2. Contains ideas from @FunkyPedagogy’s ‘Metacognition Handbook’ and @__codexterous’ latest blog on modelling (all credited on the appropriate slides). Use/chuck/change as you see fit! @Team_English1 dropbox.com/sh/xur7w24w7o1…

Writer's Toolkit - Dickens - A Christmas Carol - Methods and devices for higher conceptual thinking! #ACC #engchat #teamenglish #gcseliterature #achristmascarol

For more positive ideas :)

Developing ideas around the Writer's Intent using 'The Purpose Triad' - Grade 8/9 writing. #gcseliterature #writersintent #engchat #teamenglish #bigideas

Writer's Toolkit - Shakespeare - Macbeth - Methods and devices for higher conceptual thinking! #Macbeth #engchat #teamenglish #gcseliterature #shakespeare

The character sentence stems💡 Students used them to plan analytical paragraphs for AIC focusing on Priestley’s purpose and character contrasts. Excellent use of critical vocabulary and thematic connections throughout! 👏🏽 #teamenglish #engchat #AIC

This is fascinating. Such a clever poem about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. tumblr.com/two-bees-poetr…

One of my go to pre-reading activities for Power and Conflict is always to explore a CRUNCHED version of the poem, searching for patterns, tone and semantic field 🍪 Activating prior knowledge and enhancing our initial read has been immeasurable for student confidence! 📈

@MrsRJOwen That's slightly addictive!

⭕️ My circle is 96.4% perfect, can you beat that? neal.fun/perfect-circle/

These are my top tops for making texts accessible. *1.5- double lined spaced *line numbers *Gloss the vocab immediately above the target word *Add image if easier than words (e.g pikes!) No 3 also means you can easily read both target & explainer word when reading to class.

Still have some Yr 11 lessons before Lang 2. Some Q5 essay ideas. Some articles (other publications available). Still use @SPryke2 fab resources. Am also a secret hoarder of The Week Junior Big Debate articles. Use/ignore. #EnglishLang #GCSEEnglish dropbox.com/scl/fi/126z0ov…

Author’s Intent stickers on RedBubble :) #teamenglish

@DHE_teach @MrsRJOwen @Team_English1 Yes please :)

Eduqas teachers! I am currently designing the new anthology poetry overviews. Will send out once complete if anybody is interested. @team_english1 #eduqas #anthologypoetry

Been preparing for a HUGE HoD opportunity tomorrow #edutwitter