AIC Big Ideas poster for those who might find it useful! Team English

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🏗️ Scaffolding Think, Pair, Share can help facilitate deep discussions and drive thinking from ALL students. This handy resource is designed to help students master the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of the process. 👊 Support my work by tapping REPOST and grab a FREE high-quality copy

A strong school culture requires everyone rowing in the same direction. It requires a shared belief that this is how we do things here. A belief that the standard you walk past is the standard you accept. All staff have presence with purpose and over communicate the what and

What a BRILLIANT read! And a pleasure to make a summary of Zach Groshell's fantastic new book on explaining. So many useful ideas for the classroom and a must read for anyone wanting to find out about explicit instruction or refine their practice. Pdfs here: tinyurl.com/ykh5rrvn

*** Updated *** 'Top 10 Revision Strategies' I've updated one of my all-time most popular blogs on 10 evidence-informed revision strategies: alexquigley.co.uk/top-10-revisio…

This was absolutely BRILLIANT! Thanks Jade Pearce 👌👌 so clear, succinct & I loved the forensic look at the 3 stages of adaptive teaching- but through the lens of modelling, explaining and feedback. ‘Cognitively active’ is definitely the phrase I have been looking for this week!

“Without reading fluency, comprehension is hindered and a pupil who struggles to decode is unlikely to grasp the bigger picture.” Chloe Butlin explores the importance of oral reading fluency and introduces an intervention to boost pupils’ progress. eef.li/bn5QaF

Extracts from An Inspector Calls with tasks douglaswise.co.uk/blog/extract-a… There are 8⃣ in total. I’ve tried to avoid passages from the play that are likely to be well-known or that students will already have fully explored 🔍

Eduqas Literature - Macbeth Extract Question Easter Revision. #teamenglish #gcseliterature #shakespeare #literaturerevision

Macbeth Extract Mapping #gcseliterature #macbeth

If it's helpful, even though you're (probably) on holidays, I am resharing the very long blog I wrote about how we teach Whole Class Reading at our school. We have really fluent children who love reading and I've tried to break it down as much as possible. mrboothy6.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/who…

This is, I think, the best thing I've written: How to read seriously It's a deliberately long read (at over 6.500 words it'll take you about half an hour) Link to follow...

🐝 English teachers! 🐝 Check out this free CPD from the British Library! eventbrite.co.uk/e/macbeth-in-c…

📖 Litdrive CPD 📖 Macbeth: This online CPD from Stuart Pryke Stuart Pryke and Amy Staniforth Amy Staniforth looks at the question of kingship in the play. 🐝 Find it here: buff.ly/sKuD6Lm #LitdriveCPD #TeamEnglish Team English

So close to the exams, students often think of characters and if they can think of quotations then they think they're safe BUT I encourage the following: overview, traits, quotations, their role/function, themes linked and character development.🧠💭 #AIC #AQALIT #englishlit

Breakfast materials for 'An Inspector Calls'. drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold…

🚨 Have you recruited an ECT to start this Sept? Really important guidance for schools on how to set up and manage Early Career Teacher entitlement. Please ensure you are familiar with this guidance ⏬️ gov.uk/guidance/set-u… #ECT #TeacherInduction #edutwitter

Amazing Lesson Design Outline - Miguel Guhlin, this is a helpful resource based on research-based classroom strategies packed with lots of useful links. Great for anyone looking for something new in their teaching practice or those just starting out. docs.google.com/document/d/1I9…

I took the tube to work this morning at rush hour. It was absolutely mobbed. Carnage. You know the drill. Queues of anxious commuters waiting to board. TFL guy yelling incoherently about the doors.