Stretch and challenge fiction reading booklet aimed at Year 7; 20th and 21st century extracts from short stories/novels with accompanying multiple-choice questions (plan to use as independent extension in mixed ability class) dropbox.com/s/plpd4yazb91t… #teamenglish

A few people have asked about my Student Guides for Literature so I’ve now combined them into 1 document for ease of use. Prose, Poetry, Drama, Unseen Poetry. Really useful as a printed booklet for pupils. Download here 👉 bit.ly/3R7SKRg @TeamEngOverseas Team English

"Generative AI without guardrails can harm learning" Peer reviewed version: bit.ly/3GnkD7A ($) Preprint: bit.ly/4lwt0fM My slides:

☀️ We’ve got your perfect summer listening lineup—July is all about 📖 Reading Comprehension on the podcast! 🎧 Click here to get your July Podcast Roadmap: ow.ly/HwJV50W7Xta

Literacy instruction that is: ✨Systematic ✨Cumulative ✨Explicit ✨Diagnostic Happens in the 'how' and 'when' of instructional design. Not the text count. I have some things to say about my HQIM re: this checklist. 😬 (H/t to High Five Literacy and Judy Boksner for sharing this

Pairing / tracking quotations have really developed student conviction in their arguments. The new rule that students cannot ONLY think of one quotation to back up an idea... but two! 🙏 #teamenglish

This week, Y11 students either considering A Level Literature or, in their own words, simply wanting to "improve themselves" have been asking for wider reading recommendations. What would you add or change in this list? drive.google.com/file/d/1b3gFzF… #TeamEnglish #ALevelLit

My new TA is not happy I used her perch for storage while lesson planning.

***CODIFYING FEEDBACK*** Thread What are we doing to codify feedback and create opportunities for students to feedforward? All too often feedback doesn’t create opportunities for students to feedforward and allow application to different contexts from across the curriculum.

*NEW* for June 26 AQA style Lang P1 ✅ The Great Gatsby Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qgdc…

20 AQA Lang 1 Reading section "mini-mocks," split into two booklets- new 2026 style papers with shorter texts to use for intervention or to leave as cover. dropbox.com/scl/fo/ejr0vrk…

Colouring Quotes and Character Maps for #AChristmasCarol. Help yourselves for end of term resources: ➡️drive.google.com/file/d/1_akZCD… #gcseliterature #aqa #eduqas #engchat #teamenglish #keyquotes #literaturerevision

***STUDY BUDDY*** 🚨 Download the booklet here if it’s helpful for your students - dropbox.com/scl/fi/d8a3u9l… 🚨 Introducing Lenny our Longdendale study buddy 😊 A guide for students to support their revision. How to use past papers ✅ How to revise for specific subjects ✅

Thank you again to whomever had shared the amazing one-pagers last year. I've replicated the style once more to create similar ones on inference and conventions and welcome any feedback. drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold…

iPad updated to ios26.1 with absolutely no problems. iPad working fine. Yesterday 26.2 update, iPad is now frozen and unable to be restored with an error message that apparently means the only way to fix it is to buy a new iPad 😡… Sort yourself out Apple

I’m passionate about UDL as a teaching approach that gives every student meaningful access to learning. To support this, I’ve created resources and a lesson template to support staff in integrating technology in a meaningful, accessible way. sites.google.com/view/miss-aird…

#macbeth #gcseliterature #motifs

This week marks the 1st anniversary of Power Up Your Questioning: amzn.eu/d/0iZr8iyt To celebrate, Grace Hudson (Grace Hudson) has been working with me to produce a collection of superb sketchnotes, summarising each of the six themes from the book. This is the first one👇