MrsLitandLang
@mrslitandlang
Head of English (AQA) and Media (Cambridge IGCSE and OCR). Teacher of KS3-5, AQA exam marker, Twitter magpie, mum to two mischief makers.
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Just sharing a couple of resources that encouraged students to think about the structure/staging of lit texts. First up: ‘An Inspector Calls’ #teamenglish #litdrive #AIC
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Hi, does anyone have a poetry unit suitable for KS3 on nature poems that I could beg a copy of?
This resource sounds fantastic! If you also have access to MASSOLIT, we have 8 courses covering Macbeth - including one exploring recent scholarship around the play. massolit.io/search?q=macbe…
💫 Resource highlight 💫 Macbeth: This lecture-style PPT covers the power of words in the play, ear imagery, significance of bird imagery, gender stereotypes and character arcs. buff.ly/4eFTzgj. 🐝 #Litdrive #TeamEnglish
A quick summary on how to teach and embed grammar from DfE’s new Writing Framework… gov.uk/government/pub…
*NEW* for June 2026 onwards: a folder of specimen Lang P2s along with PPT slide decks to support teaching, with scaffolds and models like so 👇 Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh3z…
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A teacher told me, "I gave one of my 2nd grade (dyslexic) students your nature poetry prompt. He is reluctant to write because of challenges with spelling, but I suspect he’s gifted. I told him just to write and we’d sort out the spelling later. This is what he wrote."
After 3 years it’s been time to review and refine our workload charter, and it’s been lovely to share the update with the @MeolsCopHS team this week. One of the best things we’ve ever done, thank you @johntomsett & Jonny Uttley for writing “Putting Staff First’ & inspiring me
End of unit/term/revision resources for An Inspector Calls! Colouring quotes and collaborative poster project! litbittz.etsy.com/listing/170994… #aninspectorcalls #engchat #edutwitter
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Updated wording on my unit Knowledge Organisers! The idea is to have all the knowledge backwards planned from the assessments and highlight to staff the essentials in the SOL 😄 Template here: litbittz.etsy.com/listing/432829… #engchat #teamenglish #edutwitter
Bit of niche one: all the AQA Power and Conflict poems typed onto an editable Word document douglaswise.co.uk/blog/aqa-power… 💥🪖
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Supporting KS5 students to independently read set texts can be tough. Chapter summaries for Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Can assign Qs to diff students/ask to make own annotations/links to themes/cross-refs etc These were stuck in their texts Phase dividers #litdrive #Tess #AqaLitB
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