EnglishIsLit

Recommendations, inspiration and quality resources for teaching English in the Scottish classroom. 🔥💥

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

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[Marr English @MarrEnglish]

Absolutely thrilled to top off an excellently bookish year at Marr by securing @scottishbktrust Gold Accreditation. Fantastic team effort from all our readers, leaders, ambassadors, partners and the wider Marr community. Hope Santa has some more books for us… 📚 @SAC_Reads

[Marr English @MarrEnglish]

This gentleman has put in a total shift in 2K24 for our most vulnerable learners. He thoroughly deserves a very quiet December. Our learners and staff were utterly enthralled by @G_Armstrong21 ‘s story from 🔪 to 📖. An icon. ❤️ @MarrColOfficial

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

@staidanenglish @sqanews @scotlit @EnglishScotland @AndrewScottRams Scenes you love to see! I do think there’s much to be interested in with this list. 👍 Lots of time to let the list and ideas percolate first.

Adore Duck Feet too - though fear budget constraints might mean lower uptake on that one, for purely practical reasons.

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

Maybe it’s time to try a little something new? #LongLiveBoldGirls @sqanews @scotlit @EnglishScotland

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

Read John Burnside’s The Dumb House this week: a dark and twisted book that brought me as close to Iain Banks’ 40 year old The Wasp Factory as I’m like to get in Scottish fiction. Don’t know how this escaped my attention until now - a modern Scottish classic.

[Ken MacLeod @amendlocke]

‘An explosion of talent’: Iain Banks’s The Wasp Factory at 40 https://t.co/e5WDqsJyVi

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

Seems quite apt to finally be finishing Andrew O’Hagan’s @FaberBooks panoramic “state-of-the-nation” novel this morning.

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

Summer holiday day one, book one completed. A young adult book by @margaretmcpens that centres Scottish care experiences. Definitely worth taking the time to read.

[Marr English @MarrEnglish]

It‘s Marr Cluster Book Festival Eve and we are very excited for tomorrow! Keynotes, authors, illustrators, workshops, competitions, prizes, gifts, a pop-up shop, and BOOKS! Lots of books!@Barassie_PS @dundonaldps @muirhead_ps @StruthersSchool @PrimaryTroon @MarrColOfficial

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

Saturday night culture at the @TronTheatre to see @Damian_Barr excellent memoir come to life

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

A week of skiing, reading and eating under the belt. 🇫🇷 🇨🇭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⛷ Much needed.

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

It was really fantastic to be able to contribute a chapter to this volume.
I’m now really eager to get stuck in to reading and using this book to support the teaching of different and new Scottish texts in the classroom.

[IASSL @IASSL_ScotLit]

Just out: the Blackwell's 'Companion to Scottish Literature' edited by @GerardCarruthe2

A new milestone for the field with fresh, engaging chapters from several of our members.

Congratulations everyone!

https://t.co/hsD6SheAwo

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

That’s John Byrne away. Slabs is one of my favourite plays of all time and Byrne was a totally underrated genius. Going to fashion a duck’s arse hairdo, listen to Terry Dean, and watch Rebel Without a cause in homage. 🥲

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

@turyoung1251 Bought, and am currently reading, on your recommendation.

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

@RhonaLBrown1 @ScottishLit @UofGlasgow Fantastic news - and nothing less than you deserve, Rhona! Delighted for you!

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

https://t.co/2T5OSby2LK

An excellent documentary series. But episode 3 maybe of note for those planning to teach Bold Girls next session.

[The Alasdair Gray Archive @AGrayArchive]

BIG NEWS!

PLEASE SHARE!

FULLY FUNDED @sgsahblog CDA PROJECT on

ARCHIVING AGNES OWENS
‘Asserting the Marginalised Voice’

@UniStrathclyde (Dr. Eleanor Bell), with partners @UofGlasgow (Dr. Corey Gibson) and us!

deadline 19.06.23, apply via link
https://t.co/yx1m69sTZZ

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

https://t.co/kAji2YFTtr

We are building a brilliant team at @MarrEnglish . A great chance to come and join us!

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

Lots of food for thought in this interim report on Scottish Qualifications.

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

Creative? Innovative? Resilient? Adaptive? A critical thinker? Love collaboration? Have a keen sense of social justice? This profession is for YOU! UWS are still on the lookout for future English teachers for their August 2023 intake 👇🏻

[UWS PGDE Secondary @UWSPGDESEC]

It’s not too late to apply to our PGDE (Sec) programme starting in Aug 23. Spaces in Art, Maths, Languages, English and Sciences. Come to our info evening to see our beautiful campus, hear from our academic staff and chat to some of our students. - https://t.co/jBlcOY5nvt

[EnglishIsLit @EnglishIsLit5]

A great opportunity for not one BUT TWO people to come and help us grow our team and learning offer to pupils. Media experience welcomed for one of the posts. 📃📃

Teacher of English x 2 - Marr College SOA08444 - | South Ayrshire Council | myjobscotland https://t.co/2d6t1B6seG