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An excellent example of how you can comment on the performance of An Inspector Calls in a Lit essay: mrhansonsenglish.wordpress.com/2016/12/17/an-… It's based on the Stephen Daldry adaptation but you can apply the points on distance and inside vs outside to our performance at SP.

The English department is looking forward to seeing our Year 11 students tomorrow from 10 am until 1:30 pm for some exam tackling revision. Meet you in reception!

Students using “thinking mats” using reduce , transform , prioritise and creating own multiple choice! @pedagoo #PedagooFriday

Well done to our AS and A Level students who attended the Gatsby and prose lectures in Birmingham today! They listened attentively to the academics and have gotten one step closer to successful exam results in the summer through debate and analysis! Congrats old sports!

It's less than two weeks now until our Year 11s get to see a live performance of Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'! Jog your memory and keep revising with this short video on 15 key quotes from the play - youtube.com/watch?v=ohShu4… #AimHigher #WeAreAllResponsible

Well done to our English staff and students for their competitive spirit for World Book Day's University Challenge! Years 7 and 8 students! Remember to hand in your Mini Sagas if you haven't already! Get yourself published and earn your house some points! #WorldBookDay2018 #SPS

Less than 48 hours until World Book Day!!! University Challenge at lunch in the Hall and a chance to become a real published author through our Mini Saga competition in class! Which House will dominate? #GetPublishedandEarnHousePoints

Good luck to our Year 11 students who are starting their next round of mocks tomorrow. Remember - break everything down - WHAT is the exam question asking you to do? HOW are you going to answer it whereby you fulfil the requirements of the question? #AimHigher

An excellent short clip about stage craft and polysemic interpretations in Macbeth. Perfect for those higher grades: youtube.com/watch?v=z9GveR… #AimHigh #AimHigher

Well done and congratulations to the Year 10 English students who worked hard and prepared well in advance for today's English Lit Mock. You're well on your way to some stellar results and a very bright future! Keep it up! #AimHigh #AimHigher

Terrified that 'Tissue' will come up on the mock exams - or the REAL exam? Absolutely no need!! Listen to the poet Imtiaz Dharker discuss what her poem means and give a reading of the poem in this short clip: youtube.com/watch?v=a_zmCW…

Psst! Year 11s!! Aiming for a Grade 5 or higher? Want additional help with modern/postmodern poetry? Get your head around Kamikaze by listening to this documentary that interviews those who didn't end up flying. The BBC's The Last Kamikazes bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Come on Year 11, almost there. Get and keep revising. You can do it! #AimHigh #AimHigher

Revising Macbeth? You should be! Help yourself get a top grade by referring to this great resource that outlines key words, phrases, scenes and techniques: havenner.weebly.com/macbeth.html #AimHigher

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SHOW THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN! - Seek failure - Failure is where ALL the lessons are - Successful people fail a LOT - Live where you're almost certain you're going to fail - Practice is controlled failure - Failure helps you evolve - Fail early, often, forward

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For the highest grades your revision should be well under way. Need some help? Here's some advice from the people who write your English exams: aqa.org.uk/student-suppor… #TheTimeIsNow #AimHigher