"desire keeps us awake."

Oh no

i went on / running, shouting now into the sky

Oh no, just like the Manic Street Preachers warned us

The best thing about teaching is how funny and smart the kids are. My year 9s asked me which political party I support and when I said I couldn’t talk about that they said, “Miss, you’re so obviously labour. You can’t hide it from us.”

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Today's Poetry Thread: FATHERS Let's help people find the perfect poem for Dad in this thread. Feel free to add poems.

this tenderness…keeps me like a garden Carla Sofia Ferreira, @ecotheo 🌱

When I grow up ... #TeamEnglish #EdChat

Love this John Steinbeck:

Being in bed at half eight on the Friday of a three day week feels like a new low, even by teacher standards!

Ars Poetica You reach a certain age, & you have written all these elegies, & you think you’re done, but the dead keep coming.

‘I grew up bent over a chessboard’ - Charles Simic

Ted Kooser:

"What did I know, what did I know..."

3 ways to hit 'perceptive' with AQA LIT.👌1. Layer AO1, 2. layer AO2 or 3. think outside the box. A great visual way to show students the difference with the quote in the middle. 👏 (Note: models not the full response, just an idea of how to approach) #TeamEnglish

Sophie teaches English here at Whalley Range High School. This is why she has decided to join the picket line today 👇 @MENnewsdesk

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I might show my year 10s this the next time they say, “Yeah but writers probably don’t do these things on purpose.”