Flosspope

Trust Director for English. ELE. NPQSL. All views my own.

[Christopher Such @Suchmo83]

This isn't a coincidence.

Every inference is dependent on knowledge specific to the language involved.

What fascinated me was the teaching recommendations that were made in this podcast.

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[Flosspope @FlorencePope15]

@nat_leewhite @TTRadioOfficial @xAimieCrewex @Xris32 @HaleDonal @Mrs_D_AH @HughesHaili Thank you.

[Flosspope @FlorencePope15]

Great day @TTRadioOfficial connect. This can be an oddly isolating job at times and it was so good to hear so may views which either chimed with or challenged my own. Thanks to @xAimieCrewex @Xris32 @HaleDonal @Mrs_D_AH @HughesHaili to name just a few.

[Flosspope @FlorencePope15]

@HaleDonal @Alexhughes3S @xAimieCrewex @Xris32 @HughesHaili @zssnas Really enjoyed your talk. Thanks for sharing all you are doing!

[Flosspope @FlorencePope15]

@Alexhughes3S @xAimieCrewex @RogersHistory Great to see you again and enjoyed your talk!

[Flosspope @FlorencePope15]

@Xris32 @TTRadioOfficial @xAimieCrewex @HaleDonal @Mrs_D_AH @HughesHaili Likewise. Next time!

[Teachers Talk Radio @TTRadioOfficial]

Announcing! The fabulous Samantha Dickinson will be speaking in the English Strand at TTR Connect on Saturday 14th March. Have you got your free ticket yet? Don't miss out! https://t.co/HEYBnQoXy7

[Teachers Talk Radio @TTRadioOfficial]

The English Strand at TTR Connect 2026! So far, we have announced eight speakers with many more to come! Check them out here: https://t.co/1Ck7uImGFm and get a free ticket here: https://t.co/HEYBnQoXy7

[Flosspope @FlorencePope15]

Excited to be speaking at this great event again this year. Really looking forward to hearing the other fantastic speakers. I’ll be talking about the opportunities and challenges of teaching poetry as part of our concept lead curriculum.

[Teachers Talk English @TTREnglish]

Announcing! The excellent @FlorencePope15 will be speaking at TTR Connect in the English Strand on Saturday 14th March. Have you got your free ticket yet? Don't miss out! https://t.co/FS7n9IsCRU

[Geoff Barton @RealGeoffBarton]

This 👇

[MASSOLIT @massolit]

Macbeth when he realises that Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

10 x GCSE English Language Paper 2 Q5 tasks https://t.co/DUDM62oElK 🖋️

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Had a thought today that will influence all my future writing - any critique here is as much a mea culpa as anything: There is just way too much of our discourse saying “YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG” alongside “TECHNIQUES ARE NOT ENOUGH; YOU NEED THE RIGHT SPIRIT”.. ..

[Gaurav Dubay @GauravDubay3]

Even the children on 'Waterloo Road' are complaining about the spoken language endorsement.

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

The lyrics to Bruce Springsteen's new song "Streets of Minneapolis"

Through the winter’s ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
‘Neath an occupier’s boots
King Trump’s private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
Against smoke and rubber bullets
By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Trump’s federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Crying through the bloody mist
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Now they say they’re here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight
In chants of ICE out now
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
On the streets of Minneapolis
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis

📸: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images

[Geoff Barton @RealGeoffBarton]

A welcome reminder that writing is a process, not just a product …

[Christopher Such @Suchmo83]

In the most basic terms, reading lessons involve a mixture of reading text and responding to it (i.e. discussing text or producing written responses).

And I think that in many (if not most) primary schools the balance between these two things is *way* off.

A thread... 🪡

[Jorge Rodríguez @jorgertg98]

At one point in Frankenstein you're reading the story of a Turkish girl, told to a Frenchman, overheard by the monster, who's narrating it afterwards to Victor, who's recounting it to an English sea captain, who's writing it down in a letter to his sister

[Flosspope @FlorencePope15]

Children and young people’s writing in school in 2025 | National Literacy Trust https://t.co/6jfknkaiS1