Katy Walker

English teacher, wonderer, enthusiast

[Katy Walker @thekatywalker]

@NederlanderUK My transaction failed so I started again - and now find I have bought 4 tickets for tomorrow night when I only wanted (& can afford!) 2. Can’t talk to anyone as phone redirects to email. Help please!

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@ch_teaches @FunkyPedagogy @Xris32 @SPryke2 @EngMediaCentre as some are tying themselves in knots trying to make it sound ‘fancy’. I’ve done lots of modelling, too. @britishlibrary are doing free workshops on this in September

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@ch_teaches @FunkyPedagogy @Xris32 @SPryke2 We’ve been reading academic writing eg @EngMediaCentre emag, looking at how much can be contained within eg an introduction, then emulating it with our own content, which we’ve written in simple sentences first. We’ve had to revisit basic sentence structure 1/

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@lochmelfort @lunaperla Gorgeous! I used to work at the hotel years ago - amazing and lovely to come across this by chance!

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What a way to start the year. Best book I’ve read in ages. Funny, humane, appalling, brilliant. Bravo #PercivalEverett #James #amreading

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@FlashForFreedom @tombennett71 But as @tinaturner said, we don’t need another

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Three days well spent. Well, spent. #jigsaw #mindful #holidays #displacementactivity

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I’ve just missed my train ⁦@SouthTrains⁩ - because time is apparently different on platform 3…

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@LBFlyawayhome @IMcMillan I used my brothers’ Ladybird history books to write my O Levels 😂

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@criminographer I’m so very sorry for your loss. Wishing you strength and love

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Thought I might go and see the Scottish play with David Tennant and Cush Jumbo. Seats ‘from £250’. That’s a no then

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I’m just a bit depressed about how everyone seems to be just trying to get as much as they can for themselves

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@The_Fence_Mag Destination (according to Greek literature) hell. 2hrs in back of truck with lecherous dog; no running water; no fridge; scorpions; bits of roof that fell on me in the night; 6 mile round trip to only restaurant (the other tourists had the hire car); sea full of jellyfish 😬

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@heymrsbond Alice Walker’s Flowers, and the Ali Smith one with the revolting baby in the supermarket trolley

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@AkiSchilz 🙏💙

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@8Dawntreader8 @YoungWritersCW Agreed. I was lucky enough to study meter in Greek as well as English and appreciate lots don’t. Was critical (sorry) because rhythm/meter is where the joy is for me and this sort of misunderstanding leads to terrible poetry imo!

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@alzheimerssoc This is the sort of reductive, ignorant, careless view you might expect of someone with no knowledge of dementia so for it to come from @alzheimerssoc is astonishing. What a poor take (not to mention the sexism!!).

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@LauraLolder @TeacherBusy 30 hours last week 😭😭

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I’m sure the intention is good, but a barrage of emails warning you about the upcoming barrage of emails about #MothersDay and offering opt-out feels way worse than saying nothing and letting us quietly get on with it..