Mrs C

English and Creative Media teacher.

[Ashleigh Pain @ashleigh_pain]

A half-term thank you on behalf of @compliantschool.

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[Laura May Rowlands @TillyTeacher]

Anybody who used @mssfax's set of English Lang Paper 1 for @AQAEnglish Nov entry was set up for a great exam...! Just looking over resources and realised that she basically predicted the entire paper, extract and all. Barks - have you seen this?! You made these years ago! 🤔🧐

[GCSE MACBETH @GCSE_Macbeth]

A student DMd me to ask what is the essential contextual knowledge for Jekyll and Hyde?

Over to you...

[Andy @__codexterous]

From a couple of weeks ago but it worked *really* well…

[Andy @__codexterous]

GCSE LANGUAGE PAPER 2 Q2

I teach students to organise their thoughts using this table

Transforming the table into a single coherent paragraph response is *super* easy and having this scaffold makes a big difference

We either fade it away *or* they take 2 mins to draw as plan

[Luke Crawford @MrLukeCrawford]

#SundayShare - still loving how rainbow connotations help children to really dig deep and think about a writer’s word choice. #lifeofateacher idea pinched from @MrsSpalding

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

A short thread on eight Biblical allusions from the AQA Power and Conflict poems:

London
Charge of the Light Brigade
Exposure
Poppies
War Photographer
Tissue

#TeamEnglish

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

Poppies, by Jane Weir

‘I resisted the impulse / to run my fingers through the gelled / blackthorns of your hair’ (lines 14-16)

An allusion to the crown of thorns that Jesus wore during his crucifixion: an evocative image of sacrifice.

[Hannah H. @hanthethinks]

I should of made these common error worksheets ages ago, it'd definately have saved me alot of bother. Click the link and its their. (See what I did there?)

Help yourself if handy. Good starter/DIRT fodder.#TeamEnglish https://t.co/nA7ZVZZfpk

[Marcus @MarcusPhysics]

Gave year 9 a mini test but allowed them to bring a single side of a4 cheat sheet. Tricking them into revision... suckers!

[Rachel Ball @MrsBallAP]

This retrieval exercise really made Year 11 think this morning!

[Mrs C @emc7190]

Any tips for writing an expression of interest? How do I stop it just sounding like a letter of application? Do I cover all experience and skills that fit the job description or just express my interest in the role itself?

[Mrs Mcteachey @mrsmcteachey]

@Team_English1 @LitdriveUK Hi all. I am planning teaching Ozymandias - not taught AQA before. Am struggling to understand the link to Rameses and power etc. I read he is a dictator but can't see it - seems he was a powerful leader who made his people & country rich.

[Mrs C @emc7190]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Ben Newmark @bennewmark]

Seeing a lot of stuff about centralised resources and planning to reduce workload. I am not writing this off but would urge caution. Careful what you wish for. This sounds great until you take delivery of your first set of centralised stuff and hate them.

[Matthew Moore @matthewmoor3]

For some units this year, I have trialled @Mrs_Lawson79 'satellite texts' in the curriculum and thought I would share the booklets for these units in case they extracts can help in anyway.

https://t.co/UeiCs4vjhh

[Andy @__codexterous]

📚 NEW POST! 📚

Was An Inspector Calls written to change the audience’s mind? Was the aim to ideologically convert the audience?

In this brief post, I argue NO — the answer is more subtle and complex… https://t.co/wek2mKeAkz

[Mrs C @emc7190]

@emmccatt I actually think I was a far better teacher before having my daughter. I don't think the pastoral side has changed at all for me. I was just far more organised and had more time for everything. X

[Andy @__codexterous]

This MACBETH/CREATIVE WRITING cross over worked *really* well…

Here’s my attempt!

Big focus with them on the crossing out: a useful way to conceptualise thinking hard about the best possible word