Ms V Hughes-Swick

English teacher. International teacher. Asst HoD i/c KS4. Learner for life. IG - @lit_with_vik

[Ms V Hughes-Swick @MsHughesSwick]

@PearsonTeachEng @Team_English1 @EdexcelTeachers @JulieHughes4 @AlwaysLearnWeb @engteacherabro2 @EIgcseEng @TeamInternatio2 @PearsonEdexcel Oh no! You've been a great source of help on here - thank you! 😊

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@ScottPughsley @MsBLit @EducatedMindsUK

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@FreyaMariaO I'm the same and so is my husband. We enjoy teaching AND we have a life. It is possible. Just a shame that our family and friends can't come with us! Ha

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@EducatedMindsUK We thought the same. Terrible.

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@KateKelly20 @__codexterous I do this, too!

[Ms V Hughes-Swick @MsHughesSwick]

@mrs_denglish I teach R&J because I love it! There's lots of fighting for the Ss who like that, romance for the ones who like that, and having controlling parents that some Ss can relate to. We do it for coursework for IGCSE though. If Ss had to do it in an exam, I'd choose Macbeth.

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@PearsonTeachEng Thanks for confirming.

[Ms V Hughes-Swick @MsHughesSwick]

Thank you to @mr_englishteach for sharing some insights into his new book last night. I'll be adding some of his advice to my repertoire and looking out for his book, if we ever get back to the UK 🤞🙏

[Ms V Hughes-Swick @MsHughesSwick]

Thank for sharing this pamphlet @Xris32 @BarbaraBleiman this is how I've always felt about the teaching of English - more discussion and less PEE/KOs. https://t.co/YLZenhxd3q

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I know a couple of those.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘bloviator’ (19th century): one who loves the sound of their own voice, who talks at length but ultimately says very little.

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@Xris32 @Gwenelope IGCSE Lang AND Lit called. Makes no sense. Why not check other departments?

[Ms V Hughes-Swick @MsHughesSwick]

@Missy_Megan Same here!

[Ms V Hughes-Swick @MsHughesSwick]

@FreyaMariaO Ha ha I can't stand it, but I've used it twice this year as a 'treat' at the end of the year for Y11s and 10s. They just love it. I've made students create them in the past, then we test and rate them. That soon puts them off.

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@emilypreds 🙏 hope you get through the last couple of weeks without any isolations. Nice to talk to someone else who does Edexcel IGCSE!