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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

Cheers, Steve

Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 7d

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 · 11d

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 · 13d

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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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · Apr 3

A list of links to BBC Bitesize podcasts on the GCSE English Literature texts. I put it together for my Year 11 wards to supplement their other revision activities over the Easter break www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 🖋️

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Claire Stoneman @clairestoneman.bsky.social · Apr 1

*New post*

In case you’re not on the other platform and missed it, here’s my latest post from over the weekend on school leadership. Still exploring my thinking.
@bennewmark.bsky.social @mrsspalding.bsky.social @isaacmoore7.bsky.social

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Edu voices and luxury beliefs

I’ve heard it said many times that schools are like villages or towns. Cities, even. What is happening in our edu villages, towns and cities? We are losing teachers and school leaders at an alarmin…

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