Rebecca Squire

Head of Faculty for English. Leverage Leadership coaching. AQA & OCR examiner. Books/Travel/Skiing/Watersports. Views are my own.

[Rebecca Squire @SquireEng]

Repeatedly inaccurate markers should get banned from marking, not just passed every time after a brief conversation because AQA are desperate for examiners 🤦🏻‍♀️ That would have the biggest impact on more accurate marking! #teamenglish

[Tes magazine @tes]

.@ofqual data on re-marks of last summer’s exams shows reform of marking is needed, writes Yvonne Williams
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[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

A worksheet designed to help students vary the structure of their sentences for creative writing https://t.co/6BuJ6jIBc8 All credit to @ChrisYoules, author of Sentence Models for Creative Writing, for the inspiration

[KP @TeacherBusy]

How to “mark” 28 books in 27 minutes.

1. Read them all.
2. Make notes (www, ebi, common grammar & spelling errors) as you go.
3. Type notes up on ppt slide & focus DIRT tasks on areas that need improvement.

Done.

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

Spent a quite a bit of time today developing a single sentence based on contributions from the class. Never a particularly easy process, nor a quick one, but definitely worthwhile. It was rewarding to see the thing evolve from one iteration to the next

[Laura Webb @LauraLolder]

It's finally bloody done (!)
48 page war poetry booklet - five of the AQA poems with background reading, introductory tasks, during and post reading tasks... Just basically a SOW.
Available for free here: https://t.co/6VVI4vCkTu
@Team_English1

[Alex W. 🦅🐍 @curtaindsleep]

⭐️BIG RESOURCE INCOMING⭐️

A whole scheme of work for Power & Conflict, which also covers non-fiction writing AND unseen poetry.

Includes a homework booklet!

Get it here: https://t.co/k5s7zyJQ8C

#teamenglish @Team_English1

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

Macbeth study booklet for Y10 and Y11 students

➡️ Useful words
➡️ Context snapshots
➡️ Questions to consider
➡️ Writing Revolution templates

https://t.co/vszdb1bzqI

[Rebecca Squire @SquireEng]

Nature is healing 💚

[Laura Webb @LauraLolder]

FINALLY- ACC Context Booklet: DONE ✅
✍️13 non-fiction pieces from Victorian England.
🎄Mapped against key moments in ACC
💬With a focus on understanding viewpoint, to tie into AQA Language P2
FREE here:
💕Enjoy @Team_English1
(Now on to war poems...)
https://t.co/WPY9y29hoe

[Andy @__codexterous]

Something popped up just now that reminded me of this…

A THREAD for teaching Macbeth:

Step by step 👇

[Laura Webb @LauraLolder]

Next booklet up ... thanks for all your suggestions.
I fundamentally believe that language papers should not be seen in Year 10. Embed the skills through the literature: develop students' ability to explore viewpoints, analyse language/structure, respond to statements etc. Then-

[Miss Johnston @Miss_GJohnston]

Been reflecting on some Twitter threads recently involving @FunkyPedagogy and the power of verbs. Struck me that Maggie O’Farrell is a MASTER at using verbs for effect, especially in ‘The Marriage Portrait’, so I’m turning to her for examples to show my Y10s 🤩

[Becky Wood @shadylady222]

Why I No Longer PEE https://t.co/pB0sWn8p3b

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

A short thread on how I generally structure lessons around a selection of war poetry (plus a few resource links right at the end)

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[Michael Chiles 🌍 @m_chiles]

***WHOLE CLASS FEEDBACK***

Thread 🧵

All too often feedback doesn’t create opportunities for pupils to feedforward and allow application to different contexts from across the curriculum. It ends up looking at isolated components / composites creating a 1/

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

Sentence fragments and discourse markers to help guide sentence construction on extracts from ACC and AIC >> https://t.co/sqTefAdYhL Three separate sentences should be constructed for each fragment, rather than all three discourse markers being combined into one!

[Beth Jarvis @Miss_Jarvis_Eng]

I have found that anthology notes can be very overwhelming and that students struggle to transform this into useful/practical notes. So - I have been trialling using a summary sheet which is filled out and attached after each poem. https://t.co/u4Ih6Airm1

[Stuart Pryke @SPryke2]

Still having a play around with @mrwmhistory’s brilliant revision sheet format. This time I’ve been looking at essay prep for P+C poetry. I’ve attached a couple here in case anyone might find them useful. Also uses some of @SPBeale’s super ‘guided reading’ strategies: https://t.co/IPE3HSsjhL @Team_English1

[lindsayjskinner @lindsayjskinner]

This is brilliant. Get this in your English lessons. Would work really well to compliment Checking Out Me History.

[Rebecca Squire @SquireEng]

Grateful for being stuck at the airport for 8h and grateful one of my Y13s recommended this! This collection of short stories was definitely a distraction 🤯