Teacher, Head of English, Reader, Blogger, Geek. Yes - that one! Returned to Twitter after a break.
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NEW BLOG: Oracy - talk is cheap but group work is costly
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What if the science of reading could help us figure out WHY students struggle with complex texts—and what to do about it? What if the answer wasn't more isolated skills practice? ;)
2 weeks until Team Up With the Text hits bookstores! Preview + PLC guide: stevechiger.com/team-up/
ALT Cover of Team Up with The Text -- Coming November 10!
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Amazingly kind share from @SPryke2
Notes on ‘An Inspector Calls’ for grades 7-9. More notes for different texts to follow. Use/chuck as you see fit! dropbox.com/scl/fi/o6vvf99iv…
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NEW Lend me your ears: how should we teach the class novel?
Most English teachers read the class novel aloud, and for weak readers it’s the only way into the book. But being read to doesn’t make anyone a better reader.
On the dilemma of teaching the class novel, and how to get the best of both worlds
daviddidau.substack.com/p/ho…
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Notes on ‘An Inspector Calls’ for grades 7-9. More notes for different texts to follow. Use/chuck as you see fit! dropbox.com/scl/fi/o6vvf99iv…
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@TTRadioOfficial @Team_English1 @GCSE_Macbeth @XpatEducator @Xris32 @SPryke2 @greeborunner @englishspecial
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@Gwenelope
Interesting & useful on playing Lady Macbeth: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001j46…
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Notes on self preservation, privilege and masculine power in ‘An Inspector Calls’. Will share all of these in my Dropbox over half term.
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Another set of notes on ‘Macbeth’, this time for guilt. I found this format online somewhere and have been playing around with it with my own ideas, so please do shout if you recognise it so I can credit you!
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Free webinar: The Shakespeare Exchange on Macbeth, the most-taught Shakespeare play in UK schools. Wed 21 Oct, 4.30–5.15pm, online. With Professor
@EFernie
and Alistair Wilkinson. Register for the live link or recording: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r… #ShakespeareExchange #TeamEnglish
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A huge thank you to @HeadofEnglish for promoting the #RethinkingEnglishLanguags Conference at #AstonUniversity. Plenty of inspiration and ideas for the classroom!
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Fantastic day at the AQA Rethinking English Language day @AstonUniversity @AQAEnglish @HeadofEnglish @mmgiovanelli Thank you so much for having us!
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I’ve tried to make the sources and questions for a mini English Language P2 assessment more accessible for one of the classes I teach by placing everything on a single A3 page. No need for flicking though stuff. I’ve also used more generous spacing and numbered every line 📝
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Exciting news: we’re one month from publication day for Team Up With the Text, my new book with @paul_bambrick!
We know isolating reading standards isn’t a particularly fruitful or research-supported way to teach comprehension. But what should we do instead? 1/3
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Currently reduced, but not reductive… @PieCorbett @SPryke2 @AlwaLearnWeb @Xris32 @CarolAtherton8 @msybibi @C_Hendrick @englishspecial @greeborunner @Samfr @Gwenelope @mrs_denglish @PostFilm @HeadofEnglish @miss_mcinerney @Tom_Needham_ @hgaldinoshea @ZoeParamour @lauranteaches
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The incredible @MaryMyatt read 'Five Steps Ahead' and offered ideas about curriculum in the early stages.
What a powerhouse - so lucky to have her review the my new middle leadership book - out now here:
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💡 NEW POST 💡
‘Cognitive misers in the classroom’
“There is an uncomfortable truth for teachers: for a teenager, hoarding mental effort is not a failure of character, but a defensible - even rational - reading of the situation.”
[Link in threads]
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If you decide to do this activity, we'd love to know how it goes (as would the poets!) and we'd love to see examples of student writing on unusual reasons for wonderment. Please share lovely examples with me by DM, email or more widely on SM with student permission!
Are you a secondary English teacher looking for a great, doable, ready-to-go activity for your classes KS3-5 on @PoetryDayUK Thurs 1st Oct? Here's @EngMediaCentre's free offer this year. Note, the angle is finding wonder in small or unusual things! englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/n…
