Marcus Stanforth

That moment when your English Teacher sends you a tweet. I learnt so much from her, got my GCSEs and now I’m teaching it too! Don’t you just love Twitter? 😊

@BarbaraBleiman @Team_English1 @DavidDidau @Classical_Assoc Thank you so much, Barbara! 😊

@marcusstanforth @Team_English1 @DavidDidau @Classical_Assoc I loved writing one of the stories myself - ‘Being Antigone’, about a girl who’s asked to play the main character in a school play, while her own family life is falling apart in ways that mirror events in the Greek play? Will she play the role or won’t she?

Planning for the year ahead, does anyone in @Team_English1 that could suggest any Greek plays that work well for Year 8? It's a bonus if it links to one of the myths. #TeamEnglish

@miss_tiggr @CGVowles @HughesHaili @Team_English1 Thank you! 😊

@marcusstanforth @CGVowles @HughesHaili @Team_English1 Hollie mcnish has done a great retelling of Antigone

@CGVowles @HughesHaili @Team_English1 Thank you! 😊

@marcusstanforth @HughesHaili @Team_English1 Antigone is great. Use the Fagles translation and abridge it, if necessary.

@Jjaytea @Team_English1 I’ll check it out. Thank you! 😊

@marcusstanforth @Team_English1 We did 'The Facility' linked to Antigone a couple of years ago.

If there was ever a case for asking students to write out the full date, rather than an 01/01/01 shorthand, it’s tomorrow…

@AlexJQuigley This is essential reading! 😉

☀️Book Giveaway - Summer Holiday Edition! ☀️ To celebrate the summer holidays, I’m giving away 3 signed copies of my best-selling book, ‘Literacy Essentials for Every Teacher’. To enter: ✅ Like this post and comment Winners drawn at random Saturday 11th July, 5pm BST.

We would like to wish all our schools, staff, pupils, parents and communities a very happy and restful half term holiday.

3 down, 1 to go. 🐝 Good luck to every student sitting English Language today! To the English teachers who taught them to read like writers and write like readers: you've done the work. Now it's their turn. 💛 #EnglishLanguage #GCSEEnglish #ExamSeason #TeamEnglish #Litdrive

🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY🚨 I have 2 copies of ‘Teacher Hacks: English’ to give away! Give this a retweet and @HughesHaili and I will pick 2 winners at random on Friday. @HLearningPD

Good luck to every student sitting their English Literature exam today- and every teacher who got you there🐝 To every English teacher who has spent months and years building the knowledge, the confidence, and the love of literature! #TeamEnglish #Litdrive

Good luck to all English teachers this morning, from Litdrive, as students head into their GCSE English Literature exam! ✨ Thank you for the wisdom and expertise you bring to the subject. We are proud to support you! #Litdrive

A massive good luck to everyone starting their GCSE exams this week. We know how hard you have worked alongside the support and guidance of school staff and family members. You deserve every success.

We would like to say a big welcome back to all our schools, staff and students. We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break and we look forward to working with you all in the weeks and months ahead.

Welcome back from us! Exciting term ahead, including: - our oracy webinar on 30th April - supporting teachers with classroom planning and revision materials - exciting things coming up for Primary - AND our National Conference! Head over to litdrive.org.uk #Litdrive

We would like to wish all our schools, staff, students, families and communities a very happy and peaceful Easter Holidays.

🧵Incredibly excited to share that RTT: AIC is published! @HughesHaili & I received our first copies today. Thank you @SPryke2 @teachals @HLearningPD Preordered copies will begin arriving from the 3rd April & copies will be available at our book launch @AstonUniversity on 2nd May

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