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@MsChristie21 I’ll have a look. I can’t promise anything but I’ll share if I do!

@evenbetterif Hello, I know this was posted ages ago but would you happen to have a copy of this, please? It looks really helpful.

AQA Lang Paper 1 Section B: Writing. Student friendly mark scheme #metacognition #engchatuk #teamenglish

Really interesting research study published about school mental health awareness interventions in secondary. Well worth reading assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67a0f0b4… #secondary #mentalhealth #edutwitter

Why is forgetting such an important part of learning? Robert Bjork explains something that every teacher should know.

@DavidDidau Yes, take the structure question for example. You need to have read a significant amount of texts and have a solid schema of different structures in text types. The exam favours readers and English teachers cannot cover this in the curriculum.

It’s a huge problem with GCSE English Language. Because the course has literally *no content* the only predictable thing about it is the structure of the exam. So that has *become* the curriculum

Classic example of test prep distorting the curriculum. Making the structure of exam papers predictable warps subjects. I’d get rid of ‘6 mark questions’ and their ilk

Best card.

Exactly this @MsJasmineMN Reading is reported as ‘reading ability’ using RA and actual age and then using Class Charts to share the information that goes directly onto the seating plans.

At the moment everyone is getting Y11 ready for exam season. Here are 10 strategies we are using with students during this period:

For every school I visited, I would always start with an honest reflection of what they feel they do to support reading. Always amazing to see how much IS done and how much more CAN be done with limited impact on workload/resources too 🔑📚

Liking this "grab a past paper" feature of the corridors in @AcleAcademy

Direct or explicit instruction seems to be widely misunderstood. It's often characterised as boring lectures with little interaction and not catering to the needs of all students. Nothing could be further from the truth. A short thread 🧵⬇️

@Ricci70409916 Good to know. Thanks very much.

@evenbetterif Year 8 and they always love it

KS3 Drama or English teachers; what are your recommendations for a whole class play? All suggestions welcome!!

@SUnsworth90 I’ll check this out too!

@Lit_liverbird @DrMBoyd I’ll check it out. Thanks very much Mary!

@evenbetterif I am also looking for this rare beast. I dislike Oxford play scripts. We dropped ‘Noughts and Crosses’ because it just didn’t work. (No time to write a new scheme). @DrMBoyd teaches ‘The Empress’ which sounds excellent.

@Ricci70409916 Thanks! Can I ask which year group you did this with? I’ve read the book but not the play version.

@evenbetterif Curious incident of a dog in the nighttime

‘Keep the kids front and centre of everything you do and you’ll not go wrong’. Best advice I have ever been given.

On pupil premium from Sir John Townsley.

This was the most breathtaking piece of theatre I’ve ever seen. @franticassembly @lemnsissay

Looking forward to both of these this this month! Soul food. #thehomecoming @youngvictheatre @lemnsissay @franticassembly

Brilliant! And a bonus thread of equally bonkers adverts from back in the day.