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dropbox.com/scl/fo/ik4vk866w… #TeamEnglish materials for teaching poetic terms inc notional lessons ( best used in parts really), list of terms, quiz pre / post teaching . quizzes on P and C testing understanding of terms. Html, pwrpts, word docs  Have a look - might save time

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With student A.I. use/abuse now ubiquitous, professors and teachers are killing off take-home essays and papers. Students are writing inside the classroom, often by hand. It's part of the big rethink happening on tech and learning. My new report here: nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/ai…

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It's that revision push time of year! Revision session for Macbeth Focus on: Guilt and supernatural chronological planning Trying to help students link extract → whole play Happy to share 👇 dropbox.com/scl/fo/rgnbjmtr1… #GCSEEnglish #TeamEnglish #EnglishTeacher #Macbeth

asked teachers who’ve been in the classroom longer than 15 years what the biggest change has been. Thousands replied, I’ve collated them with a little help from Al 😉 Here’s a run down of what came out... If you’ve been teaching 15 years... does this reflect your experience?

The IGCSE Edexcel Macbeth revision booklet has been completed this morning. You will find it here sites.google.com/view/engtea…

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If I were to get any bundle, it would be this one, for sure. Utter hacks and light-bulb-moments that I wish I had as an ECT but it took me nine years of teaching English to work out how to explain/show it. stan.store/secondaryenglish/… #englishteacher #gcseenglish #englishgcse

1st revision booklet written.💪Interesting going through mark-schemes (1st time teaching exam AIC in 8yrs) seeing mostly, tier 2, vocab. Of course, mark-schemes are aimed at adults but concepts underpinning words need to be taught. For 2nd lang learners, there's a lot of vocab.

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There are free teaching resources and then there are AMAZING free teaching resources. Can you tell the difference, that is indeed the question! alphabeticcodecharts.com/fre… 😃😘

Our shift to A3 assessments for Y7 has really helped progress and engagement. Shorter yet concise responses to build confidence with skills/content whilst maintaining rigour around knowledge and chronology. #historyteacher

Method and effect bookmarks - game changer 🙏 #englishteacher stan.store/secondaryenglish/…

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