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'There Are Birds Here' and the AQA Poetry Anthology: Part 1 - Overview
'There Are Birds Here' by Jamaal May is a poem that explore the binary between urban and nature. Dedicated to Detroit, the poem evokes a strong sen... -
Twitter's Favourite Poems by Black Poets: Part 2
Langston Hughes - ‘The Dream Keeper’, ‘Harlem’, ‘I, Too’, ‘Let America Be America Again’, ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’, ‘Dream Variations’, ‘Bring... -
Twitter's Favourite Poems by Black Poets: Part 1
Yesterday, on Twitter, @lutherxhughes tweeted prompting people to share their favourite poem by a black poet: I spent ages scrolling through the ... -
AQA English Language Paper 1 Reading
Peer Marking with a Teacher This week I've been working with my good old pal: Alex Cold. As a slight variation on the modelling I've always used in... -
"But we read this in Year 6..."
One of the main issues that tends to crop up when redesigning a KS3 curriculum, talking about KS2-3 transition, or on secondary Open Evenings, is t... -
Transition in Term 3: what can I do with KS2-3?
Typically, transition rears its beautiful head in term 6, and is back in oblivion by October. So what things can we be doing in January and Februar... -
Top Ten Transition Tasks
As with any aspect of teaching and learning, the number of things we can put into place are endless, however I'm going to share here by top 10 task... -
English Teacher Advent Calendar
Hello! Thank you for paying a visit to my advent calendar. I hope that the resources you find here will go some way to brighten up your December a... -
Exploring 'why' in English Literature
Whatever level you are studying English literature at, and whatever exam board you may be working with, you will need to be able to show that you c... -
Writing an introduction to an English Literature essay
Writing an introduction to a literature essay can be a daunting task. You don't want to duplicate the comments you will be making elsewhere in your... -
Top Five Essay Tips
1. Answer the question - whatever it may be that you are asked to write about, you need to plan and prepare. Often it can seem that time spent anno... -
Student re-engagement with Jekyll and Hyde
How do you re-engage a student with a complex text when they've already built one of those unscalable, invisible walls in their mind and are convin...
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