A booklet of extracts from the British Library website to help students explore the context of Romeo and Juliet https://t.co/Q4UChq0Ags Each bit contains a hyperlink to the original article and two questions for discussion #TeamEnglish
Why not grab a cup of tea or coffee and sit down to read our new member blog this Sunday morning? ☕️
Regional Lead @MiriamHussain_ has written a brilliant case study on ‘Checking for understanding over time’: https://t.co/wUXn1LlXaQ 🐝
#LitdriveCPD#TeamEnglish@Team_English1
⭐ New blog ⭐
Writing in Key Stage 3 English - the view from here.
I wanted to contribute to ongoing debates around the teaching of writing within subject English so here are some of my thoughts.
Comments welcome!
https://t.co/BycfrAnbUP
@giles_gough@Lit_liverbird He owned a factory- if he was being charitable he could have given her a job and not had sex with a prettier “fresh” girl who was “grateful”
Feeling so angry about the standard of @AQA marking this year - we had a remark come back today and the student had been awarded an extra 14 marks. How could it be that far out?
Looking for a more consistent exam board. Who do others use please? @Team_English1
@mrs_denglish@Gwenelope@AQA@Team_English1 A am looking at boards that are using same texts etc. A number of HoDs at my school use edexcel and like them. Their exam is similar but looks more helpful- just a few poems are different. However some have said that their marking wasn’t great this year. Very difficult
@NotAnotherTeach @Team_English1@AQA It makes you question your own judgment- my department were so upset this year & we were beginning to question everything. So upsetting. Mostly though it is the students- so many tears.
@Solasogood@AQA@Team_English1 My exam officer said that she had seen a tweet from someone whose husband worked at AQA and they had been told not to put up so many that it sparked an investigation from ofqual…
@Bloomgabs@AQA@Team_English1 Yes I am in the process of making a complaint- it is disgusting and I feel I cannot promise current year 11 that they are going into a fair exam. We had so many upset students this year. So angry
@MissKIGreen@Team_English1@AQA It was paper 1 that was given a majority of marks for us too. It is disgusting. There is a human cost to their shoddy marking
I marked for AQA Language Paper 2 this year 🚂 Here’s some takeaways I took that I’ll be sharing with the English dept, so why not share with you all 🪡🧵