I've had a lot of visitors - and many reach out online - asking what our department do for our weekly Reading Lesson in English Trinity Academy Leeds. We have a co-curricular reading programme, with a booklet each term that complements the concepts we teach in our main units. /1

One page overview of sentence structures from The Writing Revolution douglaswise.co.uk/blog/writing-r… ✍️

Needed this today ❤️

GCSE language download. Narrative writing planning guide with example questions - for GCSE or IGCSE📚💡 Includes 10 exam style prompts, planning sheets, model plan and narrative writing guide. Download from KS4 freebies section of my website👉 tinyurl.com/yv6a2pjs

Today was picture day for yr11 and so naturally we decided to take our 11/1 English picture! This class is phenomenal, I am SO excited for them to reap the rewards of their hard work!! 🙌🙌🙌 11/1 - keep smashing it! ❤️🙌

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Trying a new thing to stop kids pestering me about marking their tests

Revision checklists for A Christmas Carol, Macbeth and An Inspector Calls douglaswise.co.uk/blog/revision-… Designed to help guide revision, so will need a bit of elaboration ✅

We tell pupils to study, but have we actually taught them how to study?? Today I finished off my ‘How to study: a simple guide on how to study smarter not harder’ PowerPoint. Hopefully will help senior pupils learn how to study effectively ✨

It's World Mental Health Day! 🌍💜 It’s a day to talk about mental health and show everyone that mental health matters. We all deserve good mental health. 💜

At Penketh High School, we're proud to stand together for #WorldMentalHealthDay By supporting one another, we can break the stigma and create a community where everyone feels heard, valued, and supported. Together, we are stronger! 💪

Started some sentence diagramming this week!

For ADHD Awareness Month, I want to take a minute to explain ADHD and how it's diagnosed because I think a lot of people don't understand what ADHD is and how it can look...

Favourite line today: “Shakespeare reveals the destructive consequences of a society that pressures men to balance vulnerability with violence” I’m looking forward to essay writing Monday 11/1! ❤️🙌

Team English This week’s free resources: Power & Conflict Poetry comparison / revision tasks. Activities focus on poets’ ideas, key concepts, developing arguments and framing essays with critical introductions & conclusions. Download from Google drive link at start of thread Team English

Biggest AQA Paper 2 Mistakes In 2024 youtu.be/Fq9JDq5Yq8E?si… via YouTube

We’re running a KS3 Spooky Rhyming Couplet / Poster competition, inspired by Nightmare Before Xmas! 😁🎃 Might be a fun pre-Halloween activity for KS3 students. Feel free to use / adapt! Team English NI English Teachers English and Literacy Scotland TeamEnglish Ireland Link below 👇🏻#TeamEnglish

Finished 1/3 KS3 English Cover Booklets. Over 18 lessons worth of skills-based cover. Hopefully this will help when setting emergency cover at 6.30am when I feel like I’m on deaths door. #CoverWork #EnglishCover tes.com/teaching-resou…

It was a pleasure to speak to Year 11 this week for their upcoming mock exams. Great advice from Year 12 students, some resources inspired by Douglas Wise to help prioritise their revision via checklists and QR codes to our incredible English padlet. You’ve got this 💪🏼

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