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Reading as Currency
Fe Brewer is an English teacher in an 11-18 school in Leicestershire. Fe is the Litdrive Regional Advocate for Leicestershire, a coach, a...
Starting to Teach: ‘Jekyll and Hyde’
“All human beings… are commingled out of good and evil” -Dr. Henry Jekyll. Davina Canham is Communications Officer for Litdrive, and Lead...
The Little Mermaid, and why teachers are not polypi
Kat Howard is Founder of Litdrive, the wonderful platform that Mary Hind-Portley so kindly lent her to write this blog for you. She is an...
Shakesfear: The Sequel
Kiwi-born singing grammar guru Jill Reynolds works in a new academy in Greater Manchester. She has been teaching for 11 years, has set up...
A short exploration of preparing to teach ‘A Christmas Carol’: considering Christianity
Mary Hind-Portley is Resident Blogger for Litdrive, and can be found on Twitter @Lit_liverbird This year I have had more time to consider...
Merry Pop-ins!
Davina Canham, Lead Practitioner in the Midlands, talks to us about the work that has come out of her 'Merry Pop-ins.' As teachers,...
New Year’s Reflections and Resolutions
Mary is an experienced teacher and leader, and was a school improvement officer for 10 years. Mary loves reading, a creating teaching...
Shakesfear: Getting to Grips with the Bard
Jill Reynolds Kiwi-born singing grammar guru working in a new academy in Greater Manchester. I’ve been teaching for 11 years, have set up...
The Realities of being a Mentor
Bonnie is an English teacher from Bristol who has worked in a number of different secondary schools since qualifying in 2012. As well as...
Making links between quotations, themes and structure: Exploring fiction digitally with the CLiC web app
Learning to effectively engage with literary texts and make use of quotations is an important aspect for students at both GCSE and...
Starting Small, Thinking Big
The Quotation Bank provides study and revision guides for GCSE set texts, focusing on the skills of close analysis and interpretation, as...