Founder of https://teapawt.org/t.co/xzm7EUwJrC. Host of Straight Talking English Literature podcast & youtube. Author of The Full Context series. BA, MA, PGCE. She/Her
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Joined February 2019
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Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
@Str8talkEnglish A Christmas Carol: The Full Context is excellent
I have made a couple of videos:
youtu.be/pjKqKRMfLv8
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
Almost 5 millions children living in poverty, 2.5 million using foodbanks, countless homeless but hey, let's all sing One Britain while people starve & die.
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
Grade 9 is *brutal* for GCSE literature.
The boundary in 2019 was 141/160. That's:
26/30 Shakespeare
4/4 SPAG
26/30 Nineteenth C.
26/30 Modern
4/4 SPAG
26/30 Poetry
22/24 Unseen
7/8 Unseen
Fuuuuuck
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
So proud that teachers, schools and children are still enjoying using The Poetry Realm app!
🌟230 poems
🌟Audio recordings
🌟Creative writing ideas
🌟Open-ended discussion prompts
🌟Spelling, grammar and punctuation games
📲For iPads and iPhones!
✅Please do RT and share!
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
If you were being told to spend the covid catch up funding for your school as creatively as possible, how would you spend the money? English skills based please!! @Team_English1 #educhat #teamenglish
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
This is a very interesting piece from @ian_cushing ⬇️
Nice to see my article 'Language, discipline and ‘teaching like a champion’' assigned an issue in BERJ, where I explore standardised language and body policing amidst cultures of 'zero tolerance' and 'no excuses' schools. Open access: doi.org/10.1002/berj.3696
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
This is a great introductory article to some of the key social and historical influences on Macbeth >> historyextra.com/period/stua… I’ve put the main bits into a Word document that can be accessed here >> dropbox.com/s/7m95p2wk765x7r… #TeamEnglish
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
Syntax matters & I love this example (borrowed from Justin Cronin).
Two sentences. Same number of words & syllables.
1) Slowly I turned.
2) I turned slowly.
Number 1 feels slower.
Language & the order its written, creates time and a physiological effect on your reader.
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
Just a reminder from us that The Poetry Realm iPad app is now available on iPhone and full of wonderful, magical poems, audio recordings, discussion guides, games and creative writing activities! Happy weekend! 💕
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
THREAD: How would The Birlings have coped with Covid-19? @Team_English1 Mr Birling: anti masker, anti vax-er, it’s all a hoax etc. Avoids furloughing his workers by claiming they were on zero hours contracts. 1/8
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
We’re thrilled to welcome Robin Jacobs and Sophie Williams into #TheRealm to discuss their book EARTH-SHATTERING EVENTS! @cicadabooks are also running a #giveaway of one copy of the book! Just...
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Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
🌟Thrilled to welcome @NatashaFarrant1 into #TheRealm to talk about The Voyage of the Sparrowhawk!🌟
@FaberChildrens are also doing a #giveaway of 3 copies of the book! Just...
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Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
We are thrilled to have won the @The_UKLA Digital Book Awards 2020!
A massive thank you to all our authors and publishers, resource writers and app developer, and to all the teachers, librarians, and children who are using and enjoying the app! #ReadingForPleasure #EdTech
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
One of our super new #vocabulary games in the new Poetry Realm #app! Children in my class used to love this game! @SarahFarrellKS2 @Str8talkEnglish @MutchEmma @MrsSlinger @KarlDuke8 @thatboycanteach @royjamesmoss @primaryteachew
#EdTech #ReadingForPleasure
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
Thrilled to welcome illustrator Piet Grobler into #TheRealm to talk about the fabulous book, written by @dihofmeyr, PARIS CAT! @TinyOwl_Books are offering a copy of the book to #giveaway too! Just...
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UK only. Ends 13.11.20
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Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
Received my competition win in the post today along with some Halloween goodies! Thank you @Str8talkEnglish, I’m excited to read it. 😊
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
Getting a lot of STOP THE COUNT tweets. Not being funny but if we had got the stakes out when he landed at Whitby we'd be done with it by now.
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
Looking for a tool to support you this half term? Try The Reading Realm #app!
🌟Extracts from stories, non-fiction, poetry
🌟Discussion + creative writing prompts
🌟Spelling, grammar + punctuation games
🌟Book recommendations and challenges
✅ Please RT and spread the word!
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
🧜🏾♀️🌟The new Poetry Realm #app will have poems and quizzes linked to nearly every topic in the curriculum! Here’s a quiz based on a poem @nealzetterpoet wrote for us about Mary Anning!🌟🧜🏼
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#ReadingForPleasure #EduTwitter
Katherine @ Straight Talking English retweeted
If you haven't read 'The Time Machine' by HG Wells, I'd recommend you give it a shot. Especially, if you're interested in how Wells' vision of the future influenced JB Priestley. The Birlings are basically the Eloi. Concerned only with making their lives easier etc.