At the end of a long term it is easy to feel despondent. Once the relief of getting to the holidays is gone, it can often be a time of feeling a bit low. In fact, that feeling can often come towards the end of term. Did I do enough? Am I good enough? 1/n

Just trying to get a Spotify playlist together in terms of 'listening while reading'. Ideally this would be beautiful music with limited lyrics and no catchy tune. Recommendations would be most appreciated!

Doors open in 1.4 hours. Beyond them, books. But which do you prefer, doors or books? LIKE for DOORS RETWEET for BOOKS We're aiming for a million retweets and zero likes.

Just devoured the MASSOLIT lecture on 'Things Fall Apart' this evening. Even with a Kenyan power cut mid-way through, it was highly thought-proking, concise and perceptive. What a gift to a teacher who is embarking on a new text for the first time...

Huge thanks to Sarah for agreeing to host our chat tomorrow evening on: ‘developing subject knowledge: balancing breadth and depth’. All are welcome on #engchatuk at 8pm. Please RT to spread the word.

Calling Team English A plea for anyone who has 'Things Fall Apart' exemplars. I've LOVED teaching it this term, but now at the point we want to share best practice with the students and Edexcel has few examples. Happy to reciprocate with resources. RT appreciated.

Responding to engteacherabroad's challenge...Here is something I'm trialing, mixing WCF with modelling - especially for lower ability students. I'm also trying a granular approach to essay writing, as inspired by Elaine Link to whole document here turimail.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/Secondar…

I have a free copy of Developing Brilliant Reading to give to someone. Just RT this tweet for a chance to win. Will pick a winner 15th October.

Finally about to roll this tool out in the coming weeks in our classroom—and very excited about its potential for pushing students as writers (esp. those who need that EXTRA push) 40 different "innovative" sentences for students to learn from: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Obligatory BOOK GIVEAWAY! ‘100 for 100: Macbeth’ is out a week today. We’re so excited to share it with you. Repost this and we’ll pick a winner at random on Wednesday to receive a free copy! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👑🗡️ Amy Staniforth John Catt Educational from Hachette Learning Team English

NEW! A one-pager summarising Element 4.3 of the GTT from Robert Coe. Featuring the brilliant work on questioning by Tom Sherrington oliver caviglioli Walkthrus Michael Chiles 🌍 InnerDrive Doug Lemov. Practical strategies to support and enhance questioning techniques. RT if you would like a copy

A big challenge was making the Metacognitive Cycle accessible to my Sts. I created a St friendly version via a Metacognitive Handbook with an iterative cycle. Please RT if you would like a copy Ron Berger EEF Tom Sherrington Dylan Wiliam Evidence Based Education Jamie Clark

It's publication day! So I'd like to give a copy of my new book away. Please RT and I'll pick a winner next week Team English

The last book I devoured and adored was 'The Heart's Invisible Furies'. Hit me with your recommendations for my 2 day much-needed escape from both school and my children! I want a good page turner.

Subtract: A brilliant post from Adam Boxer via Teacher Tapp Been banging on about this forever and Adam puts it superbly achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2024/10/20/sub…

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Book recommendations anyone? I've recently enjoyed 'Song of Achilles', 'Hearts invisible furies', 'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow', 'Demon Copperhead'. Need something good but a page turner!

Effects on the reader vocab - experimented last week: 1. Live model - I did some and they did some in pairs. 2. Independent application to a different question. 3. Those aiming higher embedded more sophisticated vocabulary. 4. Self-reflection. They gave it a good go.✔️🙌🏻