Amy Staniforth
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So excited that ‘100 for 100: Macbeth’ is out in the world today, in paperback and for Kindle! We hope it is useful to students and to teachers alike. We really enjoyed writing this one, and can’t wait to hear what you think! 🤩🗡️🏴🩸
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
Amazon:
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We're up to 400 5 star reviews on Amazon for 'RTT: Macbeth'. Thank you so much for all your support and kind words about the book. It's very much appreciated. Here’s a sneak peek at the next one
@SPryke2
and I are working on for
@JohnCattEd
!
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Here's a mini-SoL (10 lessons) for AQA GCSE Language. It's thematically linked to 'Macbeth' - thought I'd post in case it's of interest or use to anyone! Thank you to all the teachers who have inspired it!
@LitdriveUK
#teamenglish
@Team_English1
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So overjoyed to have a copy of ‘RTT: ACC’ in my hand!
@SPryke2
and I are so very proud of it, just as we still are of ‘RTT: Macbeth’, and really hope you find it useful when it arrives. Amazon around 17th June, John Catt direct before!
@Team_English1
@JohnCattEd
@MaryMyatt
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The final read through of the final chapter before
@SPryke2
and I turn the manuscript for 'Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol' in to the team
@JohnCattEd
over the weekend for them to work their editing magic! Long process, but we are SO proud of it! 🤩🦞
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The new bookcase is here so the new professional reading library can be put properly on display! And still more to arrive. Few more exciting Fridays.
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Better than Christmas? Almost certainly. The start (!) of our CPD library, with almost another 50 books still to arrive!
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Editing starts in earnest today for ‘Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol’! So excited,
@SPryke2
!
@JohnCattEd
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Something wicked this way comes…!
@SPryke2
and I are in Scotland so it seems pertinent to announce our next little project - a workbook for students! We’re finishing it over the next few weeks. Thank you to
@JohnCattEd
for letting us on this next journey!
@Team_English1
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Just listened to the BEST show on
@BBCRadio4
on the history of witchcraft from
@greg_jenner
@sixteenthCgirl
and
@ladycariad
. Brilliant if you’re looking at broader context - loved writing about this for ‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth’!
@SPryke2
@Team_English1
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Well this is exciting! Absolutely thrilled to share a pre-order link for ‘Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol’ out in June.
@Spryke2
and I are really proud of it and hope you like it. Thank you to
@marymyatt
for such a wonderful foreword.
@JohnCattEd
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So!
@SPryke2
and I were just having a wander round
@Waterstones
and we’ve just spotted this in a shop for the first time! Totally surreal but very lovely moment ☺️
@JohnCattEd
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Year 11 have asked to look at some “real world” English this week - in particular, the process of applying for a job. Currently mocking up a CV for Bob Cratchit for them to feed back on. Particularly pleased with his email address.
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In our
@TeamEnglishNC
#TENConline
session on children in Act IV of 'Macbeth',
@SPryke2
and I mention making the PPT available in case anyone would like to follow any of the links to further reading etc. Here it is!
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Thought I'd share my 'Richard III' KS3 BUMPER scheme of learning, resources, knowledge organiser and assessment. Hope it's useful! Use/ chuck/ change as best suits ☺️
@Team_English1
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I've just uploaded a 24 lesson, KS3 scheme of work to
@LitDriveUK
taking a chronological, synoptic leap through the history of English from Beowulf to the present day, to help students understand where different writers 'belong':
#teamenglish
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NEW BLOG: on thematic curriculum design in English. Really nervous about this one! A long read (apologies) on how, two years ago, we rebuilt our English curriculum from the ground up. By no means me advocating for a specific approach, but just some thoughts about how we did, and
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Thrilled to be joining the
@JohnCattEd
family with ‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth’, a book I’ve coauthored with
@SPryke2
. Something wicked this way comes...
Available for preorder soon and released at the end of summer!
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Thank you SO much for your kind words, messages and photos yesterday!
@SPryke2
and I were - and continue to be - completely overwhelmed. We can't wait to hear what you think of 'Ready to Teach: Macbeth'!
@Team_English1
@JohnCattEd
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A helping hand for some Easter holiday Shakespeare reading/ watching…
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I have a spare one of these just sat on my shelf!
@SPryke2
and I would like to give it away -
please RT this tweet and reply with your favourite thing about Macbeth, and we’ll randomly pick a winner on the 27th Nov. Will chuck in some Christmas chocolates, too!
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Another brilliant writing day with
@SPryke2
. We now officially have just one more complete read through to do, before we submit our new book, '100 for 100: Macbeth', to the good folks at
@JohnCattEd
! 🗡️📅📖
@Team_English1
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Admittedly it has taken more years than it should to learn how to put one page in a document landscape, but I've just learned and my WORD is it sweet. Every document forever will now have a landscape page, just because I can.
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We’re calling it research for ‘Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol’…
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
@RoyalAlbertHall
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Just over a month to go until ‘RTT: A Christmas Carol’ is released on June 17th! We can’t wait to hear what people think of it. In the meantime, here are
@funkypedagogy
’s thoughts!
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
@Team_English1
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🚨 NEW BLOG: 'The Tragedy of Macbeth: A Companion Essay & Discussion Questions.' What
@yfarber
has created
@AlmeidaTheatre
is nothing short of spectacular! Blog and discussion questions for teachers and students here:
#macbeth
#saoirseronan
#jamesmcardle
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Launched whole class feedback with all staff last night - I’m so, so excited about the impact this will have on teacher workload. And
@FunkyPedagogy
’s excellent blog was printed and given to all staff - a brilliant example of how this can REALLY work!
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We are 30 minutes away from tonight’s Macbeth chat - great question tonight from
@Mathew_Lynch44
! Sorry if we are a little slow on the replies but something very exciting has happened this evening hasn’t it,
@SPryke2
!
#rttmacbeth
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At the Vatican Museums today.
@SPryke2
and I are making “perfect Laocöons” of ourselves 😂
#scrooge
#achristmascarol
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‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth’ is two today! Just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to everyone who has read and offered feedback on it, and to everyone who has been involved in its creation. We are so proud of it. Happy birthday, little book!
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
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And just like that, the manuscript for our third book has been submitted! We're so excited to get this one out into the world!
@SPryke2
and I are looking forward to the next steps of editing with
@JohnCattEd
.
@Team_English1
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Great day of editing ‘Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol’ today. I read 24k words out loud which, as it turns out, is more than the total number of words in ‘Hamilton.’
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
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Just - WOW. What a stunning piece of theatre. Mind blown. Big statement incoming: my favourite ‘Macbeth’ I’ve seen - indeed, my favourite Shakespeare piece altogether! Masterpiece. Give them all the awards.
@AlmeidaTheatre
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Here is question 4 for Macbeth chat from the fantastic
@FunkyPedagogy
. Please feel free to join in - the last three nights have been an absolute joy!
@SPryke2
@LitdriveUK
@Team_English1
#RTTMacbeth
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🗡️100 FOR 100🗡️
Really pleased to announce that our new book, '100 for 100: Macbeth' is now available for pre-order! 100 days, 100 revision activities, to help students revise 'Macbeth' in depth and with confidence. Helpful for teachers, too!
Pre-order now - Amazon:
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Here we go! Macbeth chat night 3! Brilliant question from
@Mathew_Lynch44
. Feel free to join in - the conversations the last two nights have blown our minds! 🧠🧠🧠
@SPryke2
@Team_English1
@LitdriveUK
#rttmacbeth
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As
@SPryke2
said yesterday, thank you SO much for all you kind words about our
@LitDriveUK
Remote CPD session yesterday. We both had a blast! Here are my slides from my session 'Macduff: Misunderstood?'.
@Team_English1
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Congratulations,
@BeckyTeachopia
and
@lauralolder
! Essays for Excellence is incredible - I can already see the many ways I will use it with students next year, but also with colleagues, too. What an incredible resource; just what teachers need! 🤩🤩🤩
@JohnCattEd
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We're really excited for the publication of ‘Ready to Teach: ACC’ next month, and to celebrate we will be hosting an online launch on 18th June with some very special guests! We hope to see you there - you can book a free ticket below.
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
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Here he is - the flipping wonderful
@SPryke2
. This session is great. It’s what makes
@LitdriveUK
- and the work you do, Stuart, so important - the power of collaboration. I am so incredibly proud of you!
#LitdriveCPD23
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Really exciting - and never old - to see these in Waterstones (
@gowerst_books
). So proud of our first two little projects! 🤩🤩🤩
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
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We’re thrilled about this news!
Very excited to share the news that the powerhouse team of
@MiriamHussain_
and
@HughesHaili
are writing RTT ‘An Inspector Calls’ 🚨
@SPryke2
and I are back to Shakespeare with RTT ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 💖
…and there’s still one more title, for an
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More reviews are coming in for ‘Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol’ and this one from
@OliverBlagden
was too lovely not to share!
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
@Team_English1
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Genius way of live modelling from
@FunkyPedagogy
- a whole room of people picking up their phone to take a photo of this slide. Will be using this on Monday morning!
@FSDConferences
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This week our book went to print!
@SPryke2
and I are VERY excited - not long to go now! We were so thrilled with what the awesome
@RachelPiXL
thought about ‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth.’ Here’s a sneak peek.
@JohnCattEd
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'Twas the night before 'Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol' release and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse...! So excited to hear what people think of our new book.
@SPryke2
and I are really proud of it ☺️
@JohnCattEd
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Because
@SPryke2
and I are idiots, this has to be done this morning
@WaterstonesPicc
!
@JohnCattEd
our first in-store signing 😂😂😂
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We’re on our way,
@ThePiXLNetwork
! Some preparation on the train for
@SPryke2
and me! Really looking forward to tomorrow’s English Festival.
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🎉600 reviews for our first book, ‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth’🎉. I wouldn’t usually post a review, but this - our 600th - perfectly encapsulated everything we wanted the book to be, and more, and we are so grateful for it. Thank you, Laura, for your EXTRAORDINARY words!
@SPryke2
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The brilliant team
@LitdriveUK
have worked their magic and the sessions
@Spryke2
and I delivered on Saturday can now be watched online. ‘The Porter: ‘Prefigured’’ and ‘Macduff: Misunderstood.’
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What a fantastic day
@ThePiXLNetwork
’s first English Festival! I had such a great time - I learned so much, met so many wonderful new people and old friends and have arrived home feeling very inspired and very, very lucky. Thank you,
@RachelPiXL
and
@shorny_m
for having
@SPryke2
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Did
@SPryke2
and I see
@AlmeidaTheatre
’s ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ last Saturday? Yes we did. Did it stop us getting some return tickets earlier this week for this Saturday? No it did not. WHAT a production. Floored by its power and performances. Just magnificent from start to end.
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A new blog from me on the importance of allowing students exposure to Literature taught chronologically! (Hope it's at least in someway useful; this blog is my 'difficult second album'!)
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Looking good in orange,
@Xris32
and
@watercart
! Congratulations; it’s an absolutely phenomenal book and I am so excited for people to see the wonderful resource you have created!
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
@Team_English1
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Our final subject knowledge session this morning comes courtesy of the almighty
@Xris32
on the impact of Dickens' shorthand on our understanding of his writing. Brilliant stuff!
@SPryke2
#ReadytoTeachACC
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Almost finished the new Y9 SoL for 'Richard III' I've been working on... a real labour of love but I am also rather excited about it! New to us at KS3, and the students have taken to it brilliantly so far!
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@FunkyPedagogy
@AQAEnglish
I believe it is so everyone has the opportunity to take a paper of each if they then, for e.g. have covid. Exam boards have dropped the required % completion to give a grade, which means one paper of each would be adequate to award a GCSE to candidates.
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An evening of writing ‘Ready to Teach Macbeth’ is on the cards, and tonight’s it’s all about unpicking the close of Act II, analysing Macduff and exploring the downfall of the Great Chain of Being. Exciting times!
@spryke2
@JohnCattEd
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Little bit of exciting news! I am really looking forward to getting started in the
@ATT_Institute
team as Research Lead from September!
#ATTIPeopleDevelopment
We're delighted to welcome
@teachals
to the Institute team as Research Lead. Amy brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of curriculum, pedagogy and people development. Welcome to the team Amy!
#ATTIpeopledevelopment
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What a remarkable moment! We really stop talking about 'Ready to Teach', but this has blown us both away - 'RTT: Macbeth' has just become a bestseller again, alongside 'RTT: A Christmas Carol'. Wowsers! Thank you!
@SPryke2
and I are so thrilled!
@JohnCattEd
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Genuinely incredible results from standardised, 5-a-day literature retrieval in
@Shabnamagram
’s department - 10E4 know tens of quotations readily so they can engage with the big ideas. Love it.
#LitdriveCPD23
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Join us for four mini-CPD sessions on ‘A Christmas Carol’ and a discussion around the book, with guest speakers
@Xris32
,
@happyteacherhub
,
@mrsbrewtandcake
and
@HughesHaili
. The launch will run from 9.30am-11.00am, 18/06/22.
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
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@chrisedwardsuk
Perhaps requiring lateral thinking (or maybe it’s just a bit of a reach!) but could be used for lunch time queue jumps as a reward! They can join the exclusive “line 1”?
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‘100 for 100: Macbeth’ goes to print tomorrow ahead of its release next month.
@SPryke2
and I are VERY excited. What better time to share these wonderful, kind words from the lovely
@msybibi
?
@JohnCattEd
@Team_English1
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This book is a REAL treat. Can't wait for everyone to see what
@Xris32
and
@watercart
have been cooking up! Congratulations, Chris and Fiona! Pre-orders available now; out in November.
@JohnCattEd
@Team_English1
@SPryke2
Ready to preorder now. Take the potion from November. Warning: might have side effects.
@watercart
@teachals
@SPryke2
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Time to finish planning my session for the
@LitdriveUK
CPD session in Suffolk on Thursday! Super excited to be talking about Macbeth through a feminist lens, and even more excited to hear the other brilliant speakers! Teachers, talking together. Nothing better.
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I have written my first blog (!) and uploaded my first resources to
@LitDriveUK
(!), all about The Oulipo and how their work can be used to boost the confidence of reluctant writers. Use/ chuck/ change if you'd like!
#teamenglish
@Team_English1
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Confession time.
@Spryke2
and I got a little bit obsessed with Amadeus from
@NationalTheatre
. We may have seen it five times... and two of those times may have been once in the same day...! We loved it so much that
@Spryke2
bought me this which still adorns my lounge wall today!
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@TeacherBusy
@SPryke2
That is so kind of you - thank you! It's made my day ☺️. We are, literally as we speak, working on 'Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol'... watch this space!
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@SPryke2
@Raj_Kaur_Mrs
@GCSE_Macbeth
Yes! The witches are one of only two sets of Shakespearean characters who speak in trochaic tetrameter - the others are the fairies in AMSND. Shakespeare never actually calls the witches, 'witches' in the dialogue. Instead, they are 'weird sisters' (1/2)
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So sad that this evening is the last chance to watch the
#TENConline
presentations! What an incredible weekend of CPD it's been; I've learned SO much and have so many thoughts and ideas to try out. Thank you,
@TeamEnglishNC
@Team_English1
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Already nodding a lot at
@FunkyPedagogy
’s keynote
@FSDConferences
! “If they can’t write, they can’t write a letter to their landlord about the damp… but they also can’t be poets.” Both so important! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Looking through some old violin music - no one offered me a piece of cold roast OR a piece of cold boiled when I learned this c. 2001…! It is also true that I imagine a positive light issued from no one’s calves at the sound of it at the time, either…
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First message just sent to my
@LitdriveUK
mentee - really looking forward to working together in the coming year! What a fantastic programme - I'm very lucky to be a part of it!
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In absolute floods of tears at the power of
@jazampawfarr
- what an exceptional keynote; the POWER of her words is 🤯. The mot juste. Thank you,
@ThePiXLNetwork
.
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Just putting the finishing touches to my
@researchEDWarr
session, ready for this Saturday! Looking forward to exploring how we can promote high think, high participation ratios in every classroom.
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It’s October, which can only mean one thing! Here’s what the incredibly brilliant
@SaysMiss
thought of ‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth’!
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
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Wow. Just finished Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ on Apple TV. Held my breath throughout. Understated, thrilling, menacing and utterly beautiful. Arresting and timeless cinematography. A real treat, fit for a (rightful) king. Well worth the wait.
#tragedyofmacbeth
@Team_English1
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I am *so* very excited to be presenting this year - I completely loved the day last year. We’re really looking forward to sharing some powerful pedagogy that supports the ‘Macbeth’ subject knowledge and resources we’ll be discussing, too!
We are delighted
@SPryke2
and
@teachals
will be joining us to talk about their new book, ‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth’.
We'll announcing more brilliant session leaders every day between now and 1st March - watch this space!
#TENC20
#TeamEnglish
@Team_English1
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A trip today to the island at the end of the world - St Kilda. Genuinely breathtaking! Can’t believe we went!
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Sunday night marking. “Lo fi hip hop radio” and the trusted ‘piles of five’ approach is seeing me through… plus reading some creative writing my Year 11s have pulled out all the stops on makes it worth every minute.
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Another brilliant session, as always, from the inimitable
@FunkyPedagogy
. Lots to think about in terms of the data we can use to QA QoE. And always love a Webbian metaphor!
#rEDWarr2024
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I’ve just finished ‘A Little Life.’ What an utterly profound, beautifully written, life-changing book it is. My goodness. I am moved beyond measure by it and will be thinking about them all - but especially Jude, Willem and Harold, for a long time to come.
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This goes live at 10am. I really enjoyed putting this session together - the Ghost of Christmas Present is so steeped in myth and tradition; a contextually fascinating character! Would love to know your thoughts!
#litdrivecpd
Tomorrow, Christmas comes early with this gift:
@teachals
will be discussing the Ghost of Christmas Present - from Dionysus to Thomas Malthus!
#LitDriveCPD
link shared tomorrow morning at 10 am.
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It struck me whilst introducing myself to some new Year 7s on their transition day this morning that today marks a decade to the day since I started at my school as an NQT. I am very lucky to have worked for so long with such an exceptionally supportive Trust (
@AcademyTrust
)...
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So excited by my post-
#tenc19
reading that has just arrived! Ordered this about 3 minutes after seeing
@funkypedagogy
speak yesterday
@TeamEnglishNC19
!
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Thank you all for the kind words regarding our ‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth’ announcement. You can now PRE-ORDER the book here! 👉🏻
@SPryke2
@JohnCattEd
@team_english1
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