DCHS English

The English department at @ChallonersHigh, a grammar school for girls aged 11 - 18.

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

Congratulations to Sarah in Year 8 who has had her mini saga 'Alphabetically, of course' accepted for publication in a new anthology of writing.

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

Year 10 ended the term making festive 'An Inspector Calls' paper chains of events. Happy Christmas from us all in the English Team.🎄

[Rob Drummond @RobDrummond]

Complaints as to the declining standards of English are made by people who are very loud but very ill-informed (did anyone mention John Humphrys?). ⁦@OliverKamm⁩ kicks off the afternoon at #EngLang2019

[Ian Cushing @ian_cushing]

Really enjoyable to speak at #EngLang2019 today. A fab room of linguists, ready to challenge their language being policed by those in power (I’m looking at you, @NickGibbUK). Keeping up the fight against ‘word jails’, ‘slang bans’ and ‘incorrect grammar’. @EngMediaCentre

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

A-level English language trip time! Learning about linguistics and language ideologies at the Emagazine Language Conference in Euston #EngLang2019 @EngMediaCentre

[Dr Challoner's HS @ChallonersHigh]

Celebrating National Poetry Day @ChallonersHigh @DCHS_English @DCHSLibrary

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

...So celebrate words and their power within /
Or simply just marvel at the order they’re in. 2/2

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

Today is national poetry day,/
When poems and poetry hopefully may /
Evoke and erupt, extol and instil /
Some thoughts and ideas with the licence to thrill, /
Encourage a ponder or possibly laugh /
At images, lines and rhymes that are daft.... 1/2

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

Happy National Poetry Day! Well done to the girls who joined in the poetry competition today. We had some superb dramatic readings and had to make difficult decisions for who won. We also had our own attempt at an original iambic poem...

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

Looking forward to welcoming visitors at our Open Evening tonight: come and play giant scrabble or pit yourself against your child in our spelling challenge!

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

It's National Writing Day on Wednesday! Take a look at the link below to see how you could get involved. #writing #English #creativity

[National Writing Day @writeday]

SAVE THE DATE: National Writing Day, an annual celebration of writing designed to inspire people across the UK to get writing, takes place on 26th June 2019. Everyone has a story to tell - what's yours? https://t.co/44xMSDDR6E #nationalwritingday #savethedate

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

One for Year 11! Good luck with your exam tomorrow and if all else fails, say it's a metaphor for death!

[The Guardian @guardian]

Simon Armitage named UK's poet laureate https://t.co/FUwgFob7zc

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

It's National Writing Day tomorrow! Here are some famous first lines which might inspire you to start writing your own story or poem. #English #writing https://t.co/mZKEWVMPHv

[National Writing Day @writeday]

With Write Away!, your first line is just a prompt to get you writing. Freewriting is perfect for new writers - it just gets your ideas flowing, it's impossible to 'get it wrong.' Share your pieces, whether finished or completely unedited, with #WriteAway this #NationalWritingDay

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

A Level English Language #EnglishLanguage #alevels2018 https://t.co/Fp12gi50ti

[Rob Drummond @RobDrummond]

It’s ok to have linguistic preferences and even annoyances, as long as we don’t then use them to judge, belittle, or attack other people; especially when there is already an imbalance of social status and power.

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

Useful for A Level English Language students #alevelenglish #ALevel https://t.co/lvkyiiKIPy

[Rob Drummond @RobDrummond]

...the Queen's English is a 'sort of glue, a force for uniting a country' according to Jonathan Meades. https://t.co/C7mgQJTyiD

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

Good luck to all our students taking their GCSE Literature Paper 1 this morning! #English #gcseenglish

[Rob Drummond @RobDrummond]

Something I wrote last year on the dark side of language pedantry.... https://t.co/GJ0ruu6c9K

[DCHS English @DCHS_English]

Those who have read/studied Half of a Yellow Sun may be interested to read this #English https://t.co/JoUTrML0yM

[Helen Gravestock 💙 @HelenGravestock]

Another great read by @Chimamandabook on how to raise a feminist. Inspiration to help guide both my daughter and my son. Fab little book!