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Douglas Wise
@DoWise
Teacher of English and Assistant Principal
Sep 3, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
A thread of seven ‘literacy’ resources:

1⃣ Synonyms booklet
2⃣ Confused words booklet
3⃣ Punctuation guide
4⃣ Language guide
5⃣ Snapshots booklet
6⃣ Proof-reading booklet
7⃣ CPD handout Synonyms booklet >> douglaswise.co.uk/vocabulary-boo…
Aug 20, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
A thread of ten resources for teaching AQA Power and Conflict poetry

1⃣ Study booklet
2⃣ Revision notes
3⃣ Question generator
4⃣ Video clips
5⃣ Context notes
6⃣ Context questions
7⃣ Review tasks
8⃣ Wider reading booklet
9⃣ Comparison grid
🔟 MCQs Study booklet >> douglaswise.co.uk/aqa-power-conf…
Aug 19, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
A thread of eleven resources for teaching An Inspector Calls:

1⃣ Connections booklet
2⃣ Study booklet
3⃣ BL extracts
4⃣ Review task booklet
5⃣ Act-by-act questions
6⃣ Common misconceptions
7⃣ Central messages
8⃣ Staging one-pager
9⃣ Quotations one-pager
🔟 Context one-pager Connections booklet >> douglaswise.co.uk/an-inspector-c…
Aug 13, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
A thread of eight resources for teaching Macbeth:

1⃣ Context handbook
2⃣ Notes on witchcraft
3⃣ Theatrical images
4⃣ Do Now tasks
5⃣ Quick review questions
6⃣ Revision one-pagers
7⃣ Making connections sheet
8⃣ Important moment sheet Context handbook >> douglaswise.co.uk/context-handbo…
Jun 19, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Examples of ‘Do Now’ tasks for Macbeth that I’ve used over the past weeks...

1⃣ Fill-in the gaps 2⃣ Find the page numbers
Dec 11, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
A short thread on five things for students to remember and write about in Jekyll and Hyde #TeamEnglish

1/6 Hyde only appears under the cover of darkness...

The trampling; the meeting with Utterson; the murder of Sir Danvers Carew; the meeting with Lanyon.

2/6
Dec 9, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
A short thread on five things for students to remember and write about in Macbeth #TeamEnglish

1/6 Evil deeds take place at night...

Lady Macbeth’s scheming; the murder of Duncan; Macbeth’s second visit to the witches.

2/6
Oct 10, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
A short thread on eight Biblical allusions from the AQA Power and Conflict poems:

London
Charge of the Light Brigade
Exposure
Poppies
War Photographer
Tissue

#TeamEnglish London, by William Blake

‘And blights with plagues the marriage hearse’ (line 16)

Menacingly evocative of the traditional vows: ‘in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part’.
Jan 2, 2021 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
A thread on some links between art and literature...
All available in an editable booklet >> douglaswise.co.uk/poetry-prose-p… #TeamEnglish Sethos I Before Horus, by Unknown Artist (c.1280 BCE)

Sethos I was the father of Ramesses II (also known as Ozymandias). In the wallpainting, Sethos is receiving pharaonic regalia to emphasise his power and military success.

Link: Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Oct 17, 2020 • 9 tweets • 1 min read
A few ways to use a visualiser...

1⃣ I-We-You: Model success for the ‘I’ part of the process by planning or partially constructing a response to a task. 2⃣ I-We-You: Work with the class for the ‘We’ part of the process by asking for ideas and opinions.
Oct 8, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Some ideas for ‘prep’ or ‘recall’ tasks that students can get on with whilst you make your way over to their bubble… #TeamEnglish 1⃣ Choose a selection of letters and ask student to find fitting adjectives that describe a particular character. For example, take the letters B, F, I and T for Macbeth: brutal, flawed, insecure and tyrannical.