Laura Carr

Assistant Head of English. Let's share good practice.

[The Guardian @guardian]

Paperback fighter: sales of physical books now outperform digital titles https://t.co/IhgetPuUdl

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Derek Walcott was my favourite poet on the GCSE course that inspired me to write poetry and teach English. Rest in peace. #derekwalcott #rip

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Ozymandias in qr code. #teamenglish #activelearning #embracingtechnology #engchatuk #poetry #ozymandias

[Mrs J Coleman @MrsJLColeman]

My eleventh year
Time has flown by so quickly
Lots of memories

#tweetahaiku @WHSteamenglish
@WestleighHigh
#NationalPoetryDay

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Next Thursday I will
get students to tweet haikus;
here's my example.
#NationalPoetryDay #tweetahaiku #engchat
What are your plans?

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Tier two and three vocabulary in the form of Dante's 'Divine Comedy' #highbrow #displayboard #engchat #dante

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

"You can do anything, but not everything." Lots of food for thought at @pixlclub No Wasted Years from @Heale2011 #mondaymotivation

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

A relic from the set of 'A Christmas Carol' (1984) at St Chad's, Shrewsbury. #iamnotthemaniwas #teachertouristspot

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Less than 24h to go. Here's what John Donne would have had to say about it. #EUref #literature #wisewords

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

@cazzwebbo My absolute favourite 💜

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Comma banter. #englishteachers #spagmatters https://t.co/0i0yvWHoxV

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Top flight vocabulary; promoting our adjectives from the conference to the Premier League. #engchat #thesauruswork

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Don't fret about the boring 0-0 football score. Tomorrow, 7.6 and I will be relegating boring vocabulary. #picstofollow #teaching #ukengchat

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Adapt mock trial resources to help with critical evaluation. https://t.co/DE6knd9Ywa
#engchatuk #criticalevaluation

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Colourful alternative to PEE :) https://t.co/19h54LIJpR

[Kat Howard @SaysMiss]

@TodBrennanEng use synonyms to develop analytical response #engchatuk

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Pondering on GCSE English Speaking & Listening reforms. "Reading and writing float on a sea of talk." - Britton. AMEN #ukedchat #ukengchat

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

@tesResources Had a wonderful day observing outstanding T&L in 6th form. Back in the classroom tomorrow; full of ideas! #ukedchat

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Off up to Lancaster to observe 6th form teaching. Excited. #sharegoodpractice #edchat

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Been asked to give a speech to a conference of 200 head teachers. Any tips? Should I include/what is head teacher humour? #nervous #edchat

[Laura Carr @MissLauraCarr]

Excited to be back in class with Shakespeare, story writing and racism in 30s America tomorrow. #engchat #edchat #education #teaching