miss mac @_missmac1

English Teacher | Literature Lover | #edutwitter | Joined November 2012

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Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley

3 months ago

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘Reading every day matters’ “We need to rediscover why reading really matters: before school, during school, and in all corners of adult life.” alexquigley.co.uk/reading-every-…

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Marking again this year and the increase in students trying to use critical theory in their answer is astounding. Why are students being taught to apply Freud’s ID to Macbeth, Scrooge and Frankenstein? Do you teach this? If so, why?

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Eric Sheninger @E_Sheninger

4 months ago

New post: The Phrases That Keep Us Stuck and What to Do About Them esheninger.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-ph… #edchat #edadmin #edutwitter #teachertwitter #educhat #suptchat #edleadership #disruptivethink #digilead

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miss mac @_missmac1

3 years ago

10 things I’ve learnt from examiner marking: 1. Word class adds nothing to student analysis and rarely shows a deeper understanding of authorial intent 2. Context should be taught in terms of themes and not just tagged on to the beginning of SOW as students then struggle to apply

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

As someone with exam anxiety, this would be detrimental to my success. Timed, close book exams test your memory not how well you know or can apply knowledge.

Ben Cartlidge @benjcartlidge

2 years ago

As someone with exam anxiety, this would be detrimental to my success. Timed, close book exams test your memory not how well you know or can apply knowledge.

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

Potentially shows how out of touch exam boards are. Especially when Q4/5 is about feelings of going abroad. Lots of students sitting the exam will never have left the country or potentially even their postcode

Laura Webb @LauraLolder

2 years ago

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

Continuously linking people to this brilliant article helping students and teachers explore what a text DOES. Teaching these critical verbs to help students unpick a text has supported learners to understand the big ideas proposed Credit: @__codexterous codexterous.home.blog/2021/02/08/but…

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

As we gear towards the GCSE exam period, here are my tips for teachers with regards to English: tes.com/magazine/teach…

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

As long as people are doing their job, who cares?

HeadteacherChat @Headteacherchat

2 years ago

As long as people are doing their job, who cares?

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

Unsure if universal, but since WFH has become normalised, trying to find work experience placements has become so challenging. 2 of the children I work with said their parents both WFH so can’t do it with them/their company -wonder if this is the end of WEX?

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

This message that the world is silent could not be more false. We know what’s happening. We’re protesting, boycotting, donating, funding. Everything every day people can do. To say we’re silent… disappointing

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

Why are you comparing a doctor to a minimum wage worker? I need no qualifications to be a waitress, but years of degrees to teach, practice medicine, be a lawyer & the wage should reflect this otherwise, no one is going to do these jobs- hence the retention crisis in these fields

Gethin Chamberlain @newsandpics

2 years ago

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

This was my last term at my current school. Terrified to leave, but excited for my next adventure.

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Tes magazine @tes

2 years ago

How England lost its teachers. Recruitment and retention in education are at critically low levels – but why has this happened and how can it be turned around? @matilda__martin’s in-depth investigation is a must-read this morning tes.com/magazine/analy… tes.com/magazine/analy…

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

I genuinely cannot process this. How do you watch someone be r**ed and you do nothing?!?

Sky News @SkyNews

2 years ago

I genuinely cannot process this. How do you watch someone be r**ed and you do nothing?!?

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miss mac @_missmac1

2 years ago

18 year olds? How do you expect these people to have the advanced subject knowledge required when the sat their GCSEs two years ago? With a degree, teachers develop their knowledge and widen their understanding of critical thinking. Fresh out of A-Levels is not right.

Teach First @TeachFirst

2 years ago

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Mr G @DeputyGrocott

2 years ago

It’s here! Day 1 of #Eduadvent 2023.A fantastic giveaway every day throughout advent. Today’s prize comes from @BluecowE and it’s a beautiful light up village from M&S inc. chocs,Shortbread and more! To enter just REPOST and LIKE the tweet and I’ll randomly draw a winner later!

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Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley

2 years ago

🚨 CHRISTMAS BOOKS GIVEAWAY 🚨 Fancy some edu-reading for Xmas? It is advent time, so I’ve decided to give away full ‘Closing the Gap’ collections (all 3 books) to ***2*** prize winners. Simply RETWEET this post to enter. [I’ll be drawing the two winners on 8th December]