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Resources:NoneWhat to do:Give your students a slip of paper with the sentence… I wish my teacher knew… Ask them to Click to read more
Speed Reading
Resources: This or This website to create your own! What to do:The above advert really inspired me last night in the cinema! Click to read more
Art Safari
Resources:Willing volunteers and images!What to do:In order to spark interest and a love for art in and amongst your students Click to read more
Would you rather…
Resources:Some ideas here…What to do:This idea was one of many I picked up from #TMReading by AST Dr Love. He shared Click to read more
Books? Ready?
Resources:Click here for an editable template!What to do:The activity is part of a difference a day and ensuring that students Click to read more
Revision Letter
Resources:A syllabus sheet?A letter template hereWhat to do:This post is inspired after a brief chat with @Marcus_Leach about his idea of Click to read more
(Not) Blooms.
Resources:None. Click here for a dropbox folder with Posters of the below. Also some useful information and resources on Blooms. What Click to read more
Market Stalls
Resources:Worksheets, textbooks, internet, exercise books, each other or none!What to do:In preparation for the task each student should be given Click to read more
#RevisionIdeas15
Resources:Your ideas for revision!What to do:As revision season is approaching fast lots of fantastic teachers will be sharing their revision Click to read more
I learn too!
Resources:None!What to do:This activity was inspired by a senior leaders briefing I attended on the new SEND Code of Practice. Click to read more
#ThisTermIWill
Target setting is really important, both for your students and yourself as an educator.Yesterday, a day before English Educators returned Click to read more
Web Learning
Resources/What to do: I have been developing two resources that will help teachers across any phase or subject to involve Click to read more
Class Tools
I rarely share one website as an individual post here- but this website by +Russel Tarr is incredible!Check it out. http://www.classtools.net… Click to read more
Text Graphs
Resources:None!What to do:I picked up this activity in a Year 8 English lesson. (Thank you to the my English Dept. Click to read more
What/Who Am I?
Resources:NothingWhat to do:Teacher can present a series of statements on the board or read them out loud. The idea is for Click to read more
Back to Back
Resources:A description/a piece of text.What to do:Students should sit back to back with each other.One by one they should read Click to read more
#TMBett15
Yesterday I presented a 7 minute presentation to over 500 Teachers at the London Excel Arena. (Pretty much identical to Click to read more
Spoken Word
Resources:The below video clips.What to do:Share these songs/raps/music/spoken word with your students in a spare 5 minutes, or as a Click to read more
Wall of Wonderful Words
Resources:None!What to do:I have seen this in an English AST’s class here at my school.She has created a Wall Of Click to read more
Walking Talking Mock
Resources: PowerPoints x4 (AQA Higher, AQA Foundation, Cambridge IGCSE Core, Cambridge IGCSE Extended) Past Papers x 4: (AQA Higher: Jan Click to read more