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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 23h

A booklet of short extracts and tasks that are designed to help students think about how characters are developed www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/develop... 📚

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 2d

Crafting sentences on Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/craftin... ⚔️

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 7d

A set of tasks to help students craft single sentences on A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/craftin... ❄️

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 7d

Cheers, Steve

Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 8d

A second booklet of modern fiction extracts for students to explore www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/literar... 📚

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 10d

Small one: a set of notes on imagery in A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/notes-o... ❄️

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 14d

Six short, modern fiction extracts for students to read, explore and enjoy www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/literar... The final task in each set is a creative writing challenge 📚

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 16d

10 x Q5 tasks for GCSE English Language Paper 1 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/10-x-en... 🖋️

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Aug 28

A list of scene-by-scene timings for the BBC Spotlight On version of Macbeth with David Tennant www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/david-t... ⚔️ 👑

David Tennant BBC Audio Version of Macbeth | KS4 Teaching Resource

A list of timings for the BBC Spotlight On audio version of Macbeth where David Tennant plays the lead role.

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Aug 12

Nothing flashy: a couple of reworked GCSE English Language papers (AQA) that include the 2026 changes www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/reworke... 🖋️

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Jul 19

Great interview with Héctor Bellerín about the power of reading www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... 📚

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Jul 15

Simple proofreading checklist www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/proofre... ✅

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Jul 12

Careers poster for GCSE English www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/careers... ✒️

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Jul 3

Bit of niche one: all the AQA Power and Conflict poems typed onto an editable Word document www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/aqa-pow... 💥🪖

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Jun 28

An editable month-by-month calendar for the 2025-26 academic year with events, celebrations and awareness days that are likely to be relevant to those with roles connected to PSHE and Personal Development www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/events-... 🗓️

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Jun 22

Sunday reading

Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Jun 19

A task sheet based on the 2024 commencement address by Roger Federer at Dartmouth College www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/roger-f... A really well constructed speech that conveys all the right messages 💬

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · May 15

A few new bits: an essay to uprade for AIC and one for ACC, plus some quick compehension questions on Blood Brothers...

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Apr 26

Cheers, Ellie

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Apr 26

13 resources for GCSE English revision www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 🧠 ✍️

13 Resources for GCSE English Revision | KS4 Teaching Resource

Detailed notes for key scenes in An Inspector Calls. Each page contains a short summary, a big question, an analysis and a list of important quotations.

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Apr 26

New Parkrun course and a new PB this morning ✌️

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Apr 14

Random task generator for An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/random-... There are 59 tasks in total, each of which should only take students a few minutes to respond to (e.g. on mini-whiteboards) 🔍

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Apr 13

If you’re after a really good Easter read, add Caledonian Road to your list. Similar to Middle England, by Jonathan Coe, and just as sharp 📖

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Apr 13

Extracts from An Inspector Calls with tasks www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/extract... There are 8⃣ in total. I’ve tried to avoid passages from the play that are likely to be well-known or that students will already have fully explored 🔍

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Apr 3

Cheers, Steve

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