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Notes and tasks on the Inspector’s final speech in An Inspector Calls douglaswise.co.uk/blog/notes-on-… 🔍

@DanielTBEng @watercart @Xris32 @teachals @JohnCattEd Amy and I are going back to Shakespeare and doing R and J! There are two others in the works too but can’t say much about them yet!

Something exciting for all the English teachers who enjoy geeking out!

Love our new book wall! Karen at @BlocksDesign - thank you!

Here's my two-page summary of the Department for Education's Reading Framework. It doesn't replace reading the full thing, but hopefully a it's a helpful and useful start and overview for busy teachers and leaders. The high-res version can be found at: marcrhayes.com/post/the-dfe-s…

And then there were two! I’m so chuffed to get my copies of ‘RTT: ACC’ through the post. It was always going to be hard writing a follow up to ‘RTT: Macbeth’ but @teachals and I are so proud of this and we really hope people find it useful. @JohnCattEd @Team_English1 @MaryMyatt

So overjoyed to have a copy of ‘RTT: ACC’ in my hand! @SPryke2 and I are so very proud of it, just as we still are of ‘RTT: Macbeth’, and really hope you find it useful when it arrives. Amazon around 17th June, John Catt direct before! @Team_English1 @JohnCattEd @MaryMyatt

Not long to go until we finally get to share this with you. Here’s what the brilliant @AlexJQuigley thought! @teachals @JohnCattEd amazon.co.uk/dp/191526121X/…

A plea! 🙏 Unforeseen circumstances have left my department without HOD or second. Has anyone got resources/independent work for A Midsummer Nights dream(ks3), Language papers(AQA), Lit revision(JH, AIC, Macbeth) #teamenglish #edutwitter @SPryke2 @__codexterous @Team_English1

@SPryke2 @teachals @JohnCattEd @EditorGrainneT @MaryMyatt Very exciting 🤩

First set of proofs are through for ‘Ready to Teach 2’. I love this part of the process. Not long to go now! 🤩🤩 @teachals @JohnCattEd @EditorGrainneT @MaryMyatt amazon.co.uk/dp/191526121X/…

Really enjoyed making these - language mats for Q5. Q5 is so bound to knowledge - just give it to them! Full set on the way during Easter.

**NEW** "How To Answer AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1" by @__codexterous, in the latest edition of HWRK Magazine. 📚 #EnglishLanguage #AQA #gcses2022 hwrkmagazine.co.uk/how-to-answer-…

It’s here! Excited to share this pre-order link for ‘RTT: A Christmas Carol’. It was always going to be tough writing a follow up to ‘Macbeth’ but @teachals & I are so proud of this. Contains a foreword by the superb @MaryMyatt! @Team_English1 @JohnCattEd amazon.co.uk/dp/191526121X/…

T&L Leads - these are our Top 10 strategies. Any thoughts welcome!

Don't know why I'm nervous about publishing this blog post: amysmithliterature.wordpress.com/2022/02/12/per… With huge thanks to @FunkyPedagogy and @FreyaMariaO, who have provided me with so many ideas. 😊

New. Learning Vs Exams. How do we deal with this tension? bennewmark.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/lea…

I've been thinking about how to elevate students' writing in Sixth Form by encouraging them to express and structure their ideas more independently. I want more decision making, fewer formulas. This is the 1st draft of a booklet I've made to scaffold that independence.🧵

I have finally updated Useful Bits and Pieces for Evidence Informed Teaching with a couple of terms' worth of backlog. There's around 100 new links in there - hopefully should prove helpful! achemicalorthodoxy.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/use…