Dr Ian McCormickSep 29, 2023
This stimulating guide to Year 5/6 and 11+ English provides an excellent resource for children making the transition from primary to secondary school, or preparing for #SATS #KS2 #TeamEnglish #EngChatUK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/11-English-Dr-Ian-McCormick/dp/1508690049
Amazon.co.uk

Dr Ian McCormickMar 17, 2023
Ways to Increase Vocabulary for Children #TeamEnglish #Books #Reading #engchatuk #engchat #literacy #writing Primary #school #education
https://www.academia.edu/98679780/Ways_to_Increase_Vocabulary_for_Children
Ways to Increase Vocabulary for Children

Frustrated with lack of progress in reading skills? Have you hit a brick wall with synonyms/antonyms test questions? Feeling exhausted or demotivated by the Year 5 / 11+ / SATS exam prep? Wondering how parents and children can learn together? This

Dr Ian McCormickFeb 8, 2023
#Macbeth: 20 Essay Questions (#Language) #GCSE #English #Literature #Shakespeare #engchat #engchatuk #TeamEnglish
https://www.academia.edu/96460342/Shakespeares_Macbeth_20_Essay_Questions
Shakespeare's Macbeth: 20 Essay Questions

William Shakespeare's Macbeth. 20 Essay Questions (Language). (LEVEL: GCSE English Literature).

Dr Ian McCormickFeb 5, 2023

My profile: https://leeds.academia.edu/DrIanMcCormick

Some of my interests:

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Dr Ian McCormickJan 10, 2023
For Better for Verse: An interactive learning tool that can help you understand what makes metered #poetry in English tick. #TeamEnglish #engchatuk #literature https://prosody.lib.virginia.edu/
For Better For Verse

Xris32Dec 12, 2022

NEW BLOG: Questioning, exploring, probing literature

http://learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2022/12/questioning-exploring-and-probing.html

#edublogshare #engchat #engchatuk

Questioning, exploring and probing Literature

It is that time of year again. Not Christmas, but mock marking. Interestingly, this time we noticed that students were not getting under the...

Dr Ian McCormickNov 19, 2022

Young Adult Fiction - A Reading List.

I have selected 52 classic and contemporary works of fiction suitable for young adult readers (11+ / Secondary School).

What would you add /delete ?

#YAFiction #reading #books #bookstodon #literature #school #KS3 #edchat #engchat #engchatuk #TeamEnglish

https://www.academia.edu/49243514/Young_Adult_Fiction_A_Reading_List

Young Adult Fiction -A Reading List

I have selected 52 classic and contemporary works of fiction suitable for young adult readers (11+ / Secondary School). What would you add /delete ?

Dr Ian McCormickNov 18, 2022
#FollowFriday #Enlightenment #Gothic #Literature #18thCentury #English #17thcentury #Shakespeare #Tragedy #history #grotesque #art #drama #monstrous #satire #LGBTQ #culture #language #literature #reading #criticalthinking #books #TeamEnglish #engchat #engchatuk #linguistics #creativity #writing #humanities #culture #ideology #postcolonial #history #research #renaissance #Foucault #19thCentury #VictorianStudies #modernism #postModernism #caricature #philosophy #transnational #PhD #AcWri
Dr Ian McCormickNov 16, 2022
"More proudlier" ! "Most boldest" ! "Most unkindest" ! "Most worst" !
#Shakespeare's use of double comparatives and double superlatives ...
#language #superlative #TeamEnglish #engchatuk #engchat #16thcentury #17thcentury #grammar #GCSE #literature #litstudies
https://www.shakespeareswords.com/Public/LanguageCompanion/ThemesAndTopics.aspx?TopicId=8
ShakespearesWords.com

Show threadDr Ian McCormickNov 15, 2022

But when I came to man’s estate,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
’Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain it raineth every day.

#Shakespeare #rain #weather #TeamEnglish #engchatuk #London