NEW RESOURCE: A final set of revision slides for Language Paper 1. Hopefully useful for the exam this week! Uses an adjusted paper by the brilliant @DoWise. Help yourselves - use/chuck/change as you see fit! https://t.co/5YPwVlcd0Q
You probably already know I'm a big fan of teaching motifs as a way for students to think about texts holistically. There are lots of these in Macbeth and A Christmas Carol BUT not much has been said about 'An Inspector Calls' - 💵📸🥂
So a quick thread 🧵 for @Team_English1
Read more books. Read to escape reality. Read to understand reality. Read to challenge what you believe. Read to think better. Read to write better. Read to argue better. Read to know yourself. Read to build something. A single book can completely rewire your brain.
Legendary Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara, known for her iconic roles in Home Alone, Schitt's Creek and a variety of other movies and television shows, has died at the age of 71.
@dd77 Here’s a link to a huge bank of retrieval practice resources I have made and shared over the years, organised into sub-folders for
✅ An Inspector Calls
✅ Macbeth
✅ A Christmas Carol
✅ P & C poetry
✅ L & R poetry
Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish
https://t.co/mvNAeJzeTE
I’ve just realised that the darkest ten weeks of the winter are behind us & just now we’re gaining 2 minutes of daylight each day here in the UK. A hopeful thought 🌿
🚨RESOURCE🚨
A **critical reading anthology** I’ve used while teaching Macbeth.
✅range of sources to enhance student knowledge, understanding and interpretation of the text
✅other literary sources, critical essays and more
✅big questions
**HERE**
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https://t.co/2y5pOk6E0o
🚨 NEW POST 🚨
‘6 strategies to support shared reading for students with SEND’
“Shared reading, done well, may just be one of the most important things that students with special needs do and learn in classrooms...”
⬇️⬇️⬇️ link
Here’s a small worksheet made to help students with AQA P2, Q5. All of these ideas are by the brilliant @Xris32. All I’ve done is put them in a grid. You can find the original blog with further exam hacks here: https://t.co/fvPv2yigAU @Team_English1 https://t.co/NUYdaMVQMM
"I live on a street with a lot of elderly neighbors. Mrs. Higgins lives next door. She’s 90. Every night at 5 PM, she turns on her porch light. If the light isn't on by 5:15, I go over. It’s our silent code. Last week, 5:30 came. No light. I ran over. I knocked. No answer. I used the spare key she gave me. She was in the kitchen, confused. The power had gone out in her section of the house, and she couldn't reach the fuse box. She was sitting in the dark, afraid. 'I knew you’d come,' she said when she saw my flashlight. I fixed the fuse. We had tea. 'You’re a good neighbor,' she said. 'No,' I said. 'I’m just watching the light.' We are all just walking each other home in the dark. Look for the lights. And if one goes out, go knock. It takes five minutes to save a life."
Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
I observed a lesson in a school last week where they were revising Macbeth and it reminded me of this lecture I once gave to students aiming for a grade 7-9 in English Lit @FgcsInfo on Macbeth and Kingship
(Ideas ‘magpied’ from everywhere).
Slides here: https://t.co/RjTrHc8ukd