Elizabeth Shaw

Head of English in an international British school. Mum of 2. Loves bookshops, all things Shakespeare and musical theatre! She/her. All views my own.

[SecondaryEnglish 🐝 @SecondaryEng]

An overview of how I use stickers/sticker templates to feedback to a class set of books in, literally, minutes. #ukedchat #litdrive #teamenglish #cpd #researchED

[Hannah @hkateaching]

I used to often stress the importance of planning before students tackle lit questions, but rarely showed them what effective planning looks like.

I now use my 3WS method under the visualiser to break down the question with students.

https://t.co/VN94yE3szr

[Laura Webb @LauraLolder]

This is doing the rounds again… must be mock season!

[Kirsty B📖 @_krogg]

My new topic for this half term in my feminist group: The Female Villain 😍

Focusing on the ways females are driven to villainy in response to barriers and marginalisation. 👯‍♀️ starting with… Villanelle 💁‍♀️

[Laura Webb @LauraLolder]

A quick 🧵on standardisation vs moderation - some thoughts for Heads of Department / those who have responsibility for assessment. Let’s talk about the purpose of each, and ways to carry them out successfully. But let’s also be brief, because ya know, time is limited! 1/-

[Mrs Chudasama @mrs_chudasama]

Really enjoyed tutoring from this booklet today. A wonderful poem from @CalebFemi_

Unseen Poetry Exam Revision Booklet (AQA) https://t.co/D4sld0eQ4I

#English #Poetry #Unseen #Tutor #edutwitter

[Nate Joseph @NateJoseph19]

Do you have older struggling readers? Check out this free app I made. It generates custom segmenting worksheets, for multi-syllabic words. (It only works on PC, not mobile).

https://t.co/3RKp1Xi8Ps?

[edutopia @edutopia]

Too many popular strategies for teaching reading aren’t actually supported by research. We sifted through to find the ones that are most effective! 🔍

[Dr Amy Smith @amy_smith117]

I've compiled our thoughts about unseen poetry here (see link in my pinned tweet if you want to download) + a KO + a resource for training students to improve "empty" phrases. Enjoy. 😀

[Andie 🧚🏻 @af_english123]

Okay, she's finished! Since teaching the essay as a piece of writing rather than as unconnected 'paragraphs', our results have been pretty great. Our SEN pupils outperformed our non-SEN pupils for the first time ever this year. However...(A thread)
https://t.co/aPJM280JRA

[Principal Project @PrincipalProj]

As a school leader, you're constantly inundated with requests and action items that feel important. How do you decide where to focus first?

Read on for insights from leader @E_Sheninger:

https://t.co/urj92t6Y8G

[Andy @__codexterous]

📚 English Lit Resource! 📚

Here are 6 **analytical bookmarks** that you can tag into exercise books to help cue student thinking and analysis:

✅ WHW
✅ Sentence stems
✅ Reverse engineering prompt questions
✅ Reading a poem
✅ And more…

DL here: https://t.co/T5iJP3nHXO

[Teach Secondary @TeachSecondary]

This free An Inspector Calls resource from @mrsmacteach33 contains question prompts, example answers and a mind map for students to record their ideas about the representation of social class in the play… https://t.co/TiVqlPecQ3

[Darren Leslie @dnleslie]

🧵 Understanding Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction: A Thread on the Science Behind Effective Teaching

Who was Barak Rosenshine?
Rosenshine was an educational psychologist who distilled years of research into 10 practical principles. These aren’t just teaching tips—they’re grounded in cognitive science, showing how the brain learns best and how teachers can leverage this.

[Alice Visser-Furay @AVisserFuray]

Here's a ppt with 27 short audiobooks (15 mins-1.5 hours) available on YouTube (my focus is Y9 but some for younger students too). Thank you to many on edu-Twitter who helped collate this! Let me know if you have more ideas, especially with diverse voices. https://t.co/uH0bO1Kzkd

[Heather Hale @MissHHale]

NEW BLOG: The Dichotomy of Lady Macbeth

A woman ensnared by profound sorrow and a misaligned sense of duty, bound by the constraints of her time.

To Lady Macbeth, from a fellow fallible woman.
https://t.co/0r4PCFLuVY

#TeamEnglish #WomenEd #LitDrive #LadyMacbeth #Shakespeare

[S @TeacherInDunes]

I’m teaching a completely new specification and exam board, but doing the same amazing things I’ve learnt from here! Love these connotation chains!

[Aniqa Pirzada @aniqapirzada]

If you have been with me on my Twitter journey you will know how much I love Guided Reading Tasks! I have created a GPT to help generate these tasks. Please read my article and have a go at it yourself and do let me know what you think! #edutwitter https://t.co/pEew1RIVVK

[K2SR7 @K2SR7]

If you're interested ⬇️
https://t.co/qfmfxrFSc4
As always, proceeds go to a good cause (mental health this term). If not, just drop me a message and I'll ping it over when I can! ☺️

[K2SR7 @K2SR7]

💡Responding to our analytical structures being slightly too loose and not thorough enough, I created these 'Essay Structure Strips' to piece together all the elements we have developed over the last 6 weeks 💭 Pleased with their impact during our analytical response today 💪