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Planning year 10 and year 11 Autumn term 1 using this beauty! Thank you for such a wonderful compendium of knowledge!

Don't fear the semicolon. Here's how to use it:

Best summer reads now my mind has switched off from school a mere 10 days into the summer holidays? #teamenglish

Could anyone help? Does the essays for excellence book come with downloadable /electronic copies of the essays? Laura Webb

Academic phrasing: Is it ok to use the personal pronoun ‘we’ in literature essays? We are asked to consider… We could say that We could argue that.. In doing …we can infer that…Andy Stuart Pryke Team English

Please could people offer recommendations of reading/ books/ research on mixed ability teaching in the English classroom and /Or offer any advice on how to master this successfully? Team English Kat Howard Stuart Pryke Donal Hale Heidi Drake 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

Word of the day is ‘mumpsimuses’ (16th century): those who insist they are right and apportion blame to others without looking at themselves.

Really enjoying English HOD hangout tonight: Curriculum concepts, management systems, vocabulary homework and narrative writing. #englishhangout

VACANCY: The Creative Arts department at Withernsea High School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate Drama/English teacher to join their team from September 2023. Closing date: 24/04/23. Find out more: withernseahigh.org.uk/vacancies/teac…

This is an important opportunity to put #wellbeing on your school agenda. Contact Lisa Fathers OBE FCCT for more details.

I am planning some intervention to improve responses on English Language paper 1 question 4. Has anyone got any top tips or ways they approach this question? In particular the ‘evaluate how the writer has created…?’ I’d be grateful if you could share this post. Team English

Gold! Loving how this aligns with my own thoughts regarding setting, scaffolding and differentiation. Thank you Dr Megan Mansworth

#hodenglishhangout interesting to see we all grapple with the same big curriculum questions! Great CPD

I saw an article/blog on here about dropping ‘drop everything and read and other interventions and now I can’t find it- anyone any ideas who posted it? Team English

Improving writing. What has worked in your setting to improve the teaching of writing and to improve students’ outcomes in writing?@teamenglish1 Jennifer Webb Laura Webb

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Could anyone tell me how I can find out more about the work EMC has completed on exploratory talk and writing and using statements for literature text discussions. Would like to know more so I can implement into my curriculum and schemes of work. Team English Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation

Summer holidays are here, so, what’s on your summer holiday reading list?Team English

I am looking to improve our students’ understanding and awareness of formality. I wondered if anyone has a display for a formality scale I could use as a starting point? #teamenglish1