It's been a while since I shared anything so here goes...
A series of short 'Do Now' tasks based on exploring multiple interpretations in 'A Christmas Carol'. Instructions are in the PPT... a quick and easy way of exploring different readings of characters and quotations.

KS3 anthology of eight short stories, each with a plot twist douglaswise.co.uk/blog/ks3-twist…

1⃣ Tell-Tale Heart
2⃣ The Story of an Hour
3⃣ After Twenty Years
4⃣ Ruthless
5⃣ Charles
6⃣ Lamb to the Slaughter
7⃣ Examination Day
8⃣ He-y, Come On Ou-t!

Notes for lesson planning included 📝

Today, #ReadingLessons makes its way out into the world! It’s about the books we read in school and the complicated relationships we have with them, and about my journey as a reader and teacher.

Eid Mubarak ✨

Doctors Without Borders:
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Middle East Children’s Alliance:
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UN Crisis Relief:
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UNICEF:
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I implore whoever does win it, spend all £500 on pani puri

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*NEW* for Romeo & Juliet: Act by Act Knowledge Quizzes and Extended Writing tasks, like these 👇Designed for use with Y8 but editable. Help yourself! #teamenglish

dropbox.com/scl/fo/ps1465a…

For years teachers have been gaslit on behaviour by the Educational Intelligentsia. We've been told that it's not a big deal, and if it were a big deal it would be our fault for not being engaging enough or relatable enough or we don't understand trauma, or SEND or any host of

For Team English - 16 mini mocks for literature.
4 x AIC, ACC, MAC, P&C.
Designed for Easter revision BUT .doc included if you want to adapt for lessons/homework etc.
All new questions/extracts.
If useful, all free here:
laurawebbcpd.com/resources/
Enjoy, use, adapt.
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Miss Roberts Team English Litdrive UK Jennifer Webb Race to exams booklet here: laurawebbcpd.com/resources/

Here are 9 mini booklets for ACC, AIC and Macbeth. Each is based on a different theme & follows the same format, ending in an exam question which can be easily adapted depending on spec. Suitable for live/independent work. Use/chuck/change! Team English dropbox.com/sh/h0g2fmjwjih…

Your yearly reminder of this wonderful beast of work…
Enjoy Team English

An excellent & very concrete thread giving one more very powerful reason why a knowledge-rich curriculum is so empowering for pupils.

'Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt believes the mental health crisis has been driven by the mass adoption of smartphones, the advent of social media and addictive online gaming. He calls it “the Great Rewiring of Childhood”': this is fascinating and important: buff.ly/3Py3l9b

It’s almost Teacher Tapp time!

AND we have a March prize draw - with the winning scooping TEN umbrellas for their school to keep them dry on those wet break/bus line ups/pitch sidelines.

Who has the ‘worst weather’ school story?

Right - here’s a massive list of GCSE English Language P2 writing tasks in case anyone is running out of ideas… (use your judgement - not all of these will be appropriate for every class)

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I've not blogged in a while. Here's my blog on preparing students ahead of their exams:

shabnamagram.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/rea…

This letter from Leicester secondary school Headteachers has been shared on Facebook.

I can only hope it’s shared far and wide.