*Four Papers every ECT and Mentor should Read* Recently, I've been thinking a lot about what early careers teachers should know about how they develop. Here are four papers that sum up some key ideas:

Three little resources using academic papers about King James and Macbeth. Hope they are useful! You can find more at GCSEEnglishLiteratureBoost #teamenglish

Spot on! You've put into words just how it feels💓

Last chance tonight to see the amazing art trail 'Light at the End of the Tunnel' at Newcastle Cathedral. Beautiful, immersive and uplifting.

Apologies for a rather predictable topic for this weekend's blog post. However this actually has nothing to do with current events, and everything to do with Macbeth, Malcolm & Macduff. amysmithliterature.wordpress.com/2023/05/07/mac…

Sending in something to keep year 6 staff going this week! Thank you for all you do! #year6 #SATs

NEW BLOG: Who do you love, Shakespeare? …ingfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2023/05/who-do… #engchat #engchatuk #edublogshare

This, again! It really is so, so good. Every English teacher should watch it…and share with A Level students, or GCSE students wondering whether to continue with English. Watch this and they will!

This is so interesting!

Thank you for a beautiful Tuesday evening British Library as I joined online to watch David Crystal and Ben Crystal 's wonderful new book event #EverydayShakespeare . It felt like I was there, even though I was miles away in the NorthEast. Inspired my teaching of year 10 today!

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Big. Dan. Burn. #UCL

Macbeth Big Ideas poster dropbox.com/scl/fi/q7ppwzr… Designed to be enlarged to A3 size 👑

Our Live Lesson on Macbeth is now available to watch on demand 🗡️ It focuses on Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, looking at 2 key scenes, with actors from our 2023 production. Watch the Lesson on Youtube and find additional resources ➡️ow.ly/Ijbp50QvujX 📷Marc Brenner (c) RSC

So proud of my 73 year old Dad, having his book about Medieval poetry and worship published this week😍

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

Thrilled to announce our latest free CPD for KS4-5 English teachers! eventbrite.co.uk/e/othello-in-c… Join us on 23 Oct to explore Othello in context with Prof Emma Smith, teacher & author Michael Donkor, and teacher & founder of Shakespeare, Race & Pedagogy, Dr Wendy Lennon Dr Wendy Lennon FEA MCCT

‘The Trouble with English’ by Sam Gibbs & Zoe Helman Co-Author: 'The Trouble with English... was a big help when trying to condense down the subject concepts I think KS3 students needed to grasp, rather than just thinking they’ve learned about separate texts. Here are the first 3 of 5 subject knowledge posters I made:

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