Esme Myers

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Esme Myers

@esmeteaches

English Teacher. HOD. University of Birmingham grad. Book lover. MSc in Learning and Teaching from the University of Oxford.

Reading, England Katılım Temmuz 2018

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Jess Angell@Miss__Angell·5 Oca

New Term, New Community Lecture! Absolutely buzzed that Dr Renshaw is returning to @RiverAcReading later this month for his lecture about Victorian Reading. FREE & open to all- come along! Thank you to the staff @UniofReading for your continued support! 👏 #TeamRiver #TeamMET

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GCSE MACBETH@GCSE_Macbeth·17 Ara

If you were interpreting the term somewhat widely, what poems would you include in a unit on "Protest Poetry"? (I already have plenty of ideas on poems relating to ethnicity, racism and identity)

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·14 Ara

THIS feels truly dystopian.

The Hollywood Handle@HollywoodHandle

The first trailer for Andy Serkis’ ‘ANIMAL FARM’ has been released. In theaters on May 1.

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River Academy@RiverAcReading·10 Ara

Year 7 (and their teachers!) had a great afternoon! A superb panto courtesy of @_JustinFletcher and @Thehexagon.

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·29 Kas

Lots of exciting opportunities at @RiverAcReading. Really cannot recommend this school enough. Plus, we are looking for a new addition to Team English.

Maiden Erlegh Trust@MaidenErleghTru

@RiverAcReading are recruiting teachers for Maths, Drama/English, Science, Religion and Philosophy, PE, MFL, Computer Science, DT (CL) and our ARB, plus an Assistant Headteacher. Contact: river@maidenerleghtrust.org #TeamMET #TeacherVacancy #Rdguk

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·27 Kas

Loved the opportunity to get my English nerd on this afternoon. A huge shout out to @Miss__Angell for organising. Our students are so lucky!

River Academy@RiverAcReading

We loved our afternoon #community lecture with Professor Paddy Bullard from @UniofReading. Prof. Bullard convinced us of his argument that we can consider Austen a ‘Reading girl’ & reminded us of the importance and power of reading books! 📚

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·27 Kas

@TeacherBusy @RiverAcReading It works really well for us and is done in all lessons. We are a new school and are big on routines and consistency. It’s also part of a much wider whole school reading strategy. river-academy.co.uk/attachments/do…

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KP@TeacherBusy·27 Kas

@esmeteaches @RiverAcReading How do you find it? Is it done in all lesson across the school?

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KP@TeacherBusy·26 Kas

Do I know anyone on here who has reading rulers as part of their whole school approach to reading? Not just in English lessons…

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·16 Kas

Anyone else spend their Wednesday afternoon playing ancient Egyptian board games? No? Just me then.

River Academy@RiverAcReading

A round up of last week’s Electives! So many smiling faces! #WorkHardPlayHard

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·16 Kas

Yes, yes, yes! Being a reader is more than decoding and comprehension. Reading a whole novel with a class is one of the greatest joys of teaching English for me and is such an important experience for students.

Carl Hendrick@C_Hendrick

Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. Link in reply ⬇️

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·9 Eki

As well as this just being a bafflingly ignorant statement from the leader of a party obsessed with British values, is the plan that English should no longer be taught in schools? Because English teachers need English degrees…

Celia Richardson@CeliaRichards0n

I’m Spartacus. English Lit. Je ne regrette rien (sorry I do realise that’s French).

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·8 Eki

My masters project focused on trialling Leave Taking with some Year 10s. Nobody can convince me that AIC is the ‘best that’s been thought and written’ when Leave Taking is on offer. A beautifully crafted modern drama with pertinent and engaging themes.

English & Media Ctr@EngMediaCentre

1. For AQA GCSE Lit, My Name Is Leon, Princess & The Hustler, and Leave Taking offer powerful ways to engage students while reflecting Britain’s real cultural stories. A thread about why and how 🧵

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·1 Eki

It’s time for @RiverAcReading’s second ever Open Evening. Excited to celebrate all the exciting things that have been happening in the English department and show off our students’ hard work.

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Andie 🧚🏻@af_english123·30 Eki

Okay, she's finished! Since teaching the essay as a piece of writing rather than as unconnected 'paragraphs', our results have been pretty great. Our SEN pupils outperformed our non-SEN pupils for the first time ever this year. However...(A thread) drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

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Douglas Wise@DoWise·27 Eyl

Six short, modern fiction extracts for students to read, explore and enjoy douglaswise.co.uk/blog/literary-… The final task in each set is a creative writing challenge 📚

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Laura Billingham@mrs_billingham·27 Eyl

With all this talk of reading tests, I can’t help but think there are better ways to spend money to improve reading. In our 1st year @RiverAcReading moved our first cohort of students from the 52nd percentile nationally, to the 73rd for reading. Link in thread to find out how.

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·24 Eyl

@LauraCurranBun We also expect 100% completion. We set it Friday-Friday and any student who hasn’t competed it stays behind to get it done. Lots of support from SLT necessary and a clear rationale has been shared with parents - nobody gets left behind!

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Esme Myers@esmeteaches·24 Eyl

@LauraCurranBun We have had lots of success with it. We give merits for early completion and for students going over and above. We build a sense of competition between classes and students are constantly reminded about it via their teacher/line-ups/tutor.

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Laura@LauraCurranBun·23 Eyl

Sparx reader: anyone use it? If so, how do you champion it, reward it, promote it, hike completion rates up etc? Looking to really capitalise on it for our school and looking for good strategies please! Thank you 🤞🏼

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Andie 🧚🏻@af_english123·14 Eyl

I have turned all our Macbeth lessons into a booklet - I just like having them for off-site pupils, anyone out of lesson etc. Sharing in case you are a booklety sort of school! It is literally just our powerpoints copied and pasted into booklet form :) drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

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Kat Howard@SaysMiss·6 Eyl

Hi! Thanks if you came along to my session at @researchED1 today, as I talked through our journey of organisational readiness at @WinAcadTrust ahead of the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment report. A mini thread 🧵

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@RiverAcReading @UniofReading @_JustinFletcher @Thehexagon @Miss__Angell @TeacherBusy @LauraCurranBun @elonmusk