1. Self quizzing! A thread! "I don't know how to revise." 😥 "For me revision doesn't work for me. It just doesn't go in." 😭 Dispiriting. Self quizzing can help!

An interactive version of the "Is your revision FLAT" chart adapted from the one developed by @KKNTeachLearn Check it out! Vipula Sharma Pamela Usai (she/her) docs.google.com/document/d/1TV…

2nd Year Geography class used a variety of graphic organisers over the weekend to revise content before summer exams. Some lovely work! #edchatie

Using the attached to facilitate group revision of #Macbeth with 6th Yr English students. They spend 20mins on one character. 3 characters revised over the double class, and topic sentences in response to exam Qs completed for h/w. #edchatie

Plotting development of the theme of freedom in #comparative LC English film #theshawshankredemption' w/ 5th yr HL. They've already analysed the 5 key moments. 1st page helps them to visually track the trajectory of the theme. 2nd page - closer analysis with sample. #edchatie

Unlike many parts of the world enduring rising temperatures due to climate change, Ireland is likely to experience cooling arising from sustained weakening of the Gulf Stream that normally gives the country its temperate climate, according to a new report.🧵 (1/5)

Great interview on Morning Ireland today in relation to this report

Scaffolded essay planning for my 5thyrGeog class #revision First essay in the grid is modelled on the board through whole-class collaboration. Students complete other essay plans individually or in pairs using marking schemes to dictate success criteria. #edchatie St Joseph's Rush

Encouraging 5th Yr HL English students to realise the value of 'revision bursts', little and often. Using #Hamlet to model this before summer exams. Template attached, along with a snippet of what was created by the class in the 10mins given. Can adapt for other texts. #edchatie

Do you ever feel that older cities are just more interesting than new ones? Well, it isn't just because they're old. It's because of something called "vernacular architecture"...

Katie Connolly (BallinasloeGolfClub) and local Jane Beatty tee off to begin their rounds Loughrea Golf Club 🏆 Live scoring: golfgenius.com/pages/91783594…

Extended writing Fridays: one of the best additions to my timetable. Easy to do, builds writing stamina and imagination… plus you get to see who actually applies English skills! • an hour on a Friday to write a given genre (fiction or non-fiction) • any stimulus you like!

Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's

To reiterate to the lovely students & put their minds at ease - your interpretation, supported by quotes, is the right one! The examiners don't know the 'answer' either. There is no 'answer', so the mother figure could be alive OR dead. Everyone's a winner! Yay for Poetry ❤️

When you sit down to write your novel and you decide to make it simply one of the best openings of a book ever. RIP Cormac McCarthy.

Pleasure to have chaired this fantastic panel this afternoon with Lea Ypi Carolina Alves Linda Yueh and Pamela Reeves - we talked ‘The World in 2025’ to a full house at Cuala Amazing start to the final day of Dalkey Book Festival #DBF2023

✨Excellent thread for English teachers. Includes some poems that have appeared on the Unseen Poetry LC exam.

📚 POST! 📚 I played this game with a class this week... Such a fun and energetic retrieval game that really helps classes to remember and connect quotations codexterous.home.blog/2022/02/27/the…

Claire Keegan's 'Small Things Like These' is a popular choice in its first year on the comparative list for the Leaving Certificate. & the film is coming. So, some teaching notes are building up: juliangirdham.com/blog/tag/Small… And a free webinar on 10.9.24: juliangirdham.com/blog/webinar-o…