An incredibly impactful resource, if you fancy some organised quotation explosions and inference loops... 💥🪄 Securing independent thinking, acting as a scaffold, promoting AO2 and strengthening interpretations. 🎯 #teamenglish #ECTenglish #gcseenglish https://t.co/P0JVVqAs4t

Another description 'hack' to encourage detail, imagery and a variety of the senses... 💭 "Can you draw it?" ... #writing #english #teacher #ECT #teamenglish

🪜One quotation: three inferences. 🎯 Aiming for thoughtful in English analysis. Full model included: https://t.co/8IeeF1tY9I #english #teacher #gcseenglish

Highlighting what a 'bad' one looks like can pinpoint the error of some students' misconceptions. Focusing on the question can score students more marks and keep them focused on their opinion, digging deeper into inferences. #english #teacher https://t.co/JhcCC26jnl #ECTs

The magic of a folded post-it for descriptive #writing 🤩✨ #literacy #english #teaching

Our 'Send a Smile' fundraiser is in full swing! Supporting @andysmanclubuk once again this year. 💌🎄 Try it yourself, it creates a lovely buzz in the air: https://t.co/l0c7aNLcmM

I don't think I'm in the minority when I say that I love marking essays. I love creating a little note to immediately address the next lesson - and thinking of the best approach in my teaching toolkit - knowing that if they do what I say then they'll progress even further. 📈🤩

This resource was dreamed up after a parent said the 'next step priority code' on their child's report wasn't very helpful. I agreed. Great printed on card and bookmark-sized. #revision #exams #teaching https://t.co/dCdx3v4YF0

I'm going to use it for year 8 starter tasks and also complete it myself! Having fun with words, #literacy and crafting ideas... it's why we became teachers of English, isn't it?! ☃️🎄✨ Just £1: https://t.co/Sxxb5qAD5x #advent #teaching #english

This #Christmas advent calendar is perfect for KS3+4. It doesn't contain any specific texts & focuses on general skills. 🌲☃️ This resource checks (disguised by fun!): 🎁SpaG ❄️Method knowledge 🦌Ambitious vocabulary 🤶Structure https://t.co/Sxxb5qA5fZ #English #literacy #fun

This resource contains 8 sheets (inc models) showing how #vocab can increase in sophistication. The small ladders are great to laminate & use with whiteboard pens. 🦸‍♀️Engage with quick wins 🏆Build confidence 🧠Explicit #literacy 🙏 #teacher #english https://t.co/WS9MZ1uS71

I realised that this resource is much nicer if you print it two per page 👌 https://t.co/kobAjOjElJ #english #teacher #writing #literacy

ISPACE is a brilliant way to make progress in one lesson for creative writing, tackling boring sentence openers with a varied approach. Also a great opportunity to re-teach methods and word types. 📝🙏✨ https://t.co/kobAjOjElJ #english #teacher #writing

Year 7 'soft' description skills... Modelling three skills over three pictures, then students put them into practise for two pics, alone... 📝💭 #writing #english #teacher

What? How? Why? - what it looked like today, in practice... 👩‍🏫 #englishteacher #englishgcse #macbeth

PRIZEC+ was limiting high ability too much, so back to ... What / How / Why ✅ A loose scaffold but open enough to provoke natural thought and layer perceptive ideas 💡 https://t.co/lsEtVJArzN #teamenglish #englishteacher

Language paper 2, question 4 ⚖️ what it looks like in a classroom 👩‍🏫 #aqalanguage #englishteacher

Something my colleague and I are trailing... #literacy #vocabulary

This resource introduces the 'golden thread' idea of tracking a theme throughout. It explores the theme of violence through the character of #Macbeth over Act 1 and Act 2. There is also a second page with blank boxes for you to carry on to Act 3, 4 and 5. https://t.co/dkkb4Q4CpV

A brilliant self-regulator for literature students: https://t.co/FJOuZ1D7Hs #gcseliterature #mocks #englishteacher

Very helpful for quick mock feedback - simply highlight what they need to do on each question to improve their answer instantly, be it a sentence stem selection or a skill tip: https://t.co/wUcDwc5lnV #englishteacher #mocks #aqaenglish