@dowise.bsky.social
Teacher of English and Assistant Principal
Great interview with Héctor Bellerín about the power of reading www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... 📚
19.07.2025 12:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Simple proofreading checklist www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/proofre... ✅
15.07.2025 18:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Careers poster for GCSE English www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/careers... ✒️
12.07.2025 09:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bit of niche one: all the AQA Power and Conflict poems typed onto an editable Word document www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/aqa-pow... 💥🪖
03.07.2025 17:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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-... 🗓️
28.06.2025 16:40 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Sunday reading
22.06.2025 17:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A 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 💬
19.06.2025 17:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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Cheers, Ellie
26.04.2025 16:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
13 resources for GCSE English revision www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 🧠 ✍️
26.04.2025 15:33 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
New Parkrun course and a new PB this morning ✌️
26.04.2025 12:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Random 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) 🔍
14.04.2025 11:13 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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 📖
13.04.2025 16:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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 🔍
13.04.2025 10:42 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Cheers, Steve
03.04.2025 21:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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... 🖋️
03.04.2025 16:37 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
*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.
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A couple of bits: review tasks for An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/review-... and A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/review-... 🔍❄️
30.03.2025 10:10 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Notes I put together for a short CPD session on the presentation of student work www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/tl-note... 📝
27.03.2025 16:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A series of storyboard images for A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/storybo... ❄️
26.03.2025 17:39 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Notes on the main characters from An Inspector Calls either for when students begin reading the play or for when they revise it www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/notes-o... 🔍
20.03.2025 18:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A similar resource to the one before, but this time for GCSE English Language Paper 2 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... A past paper with guidance for students in Year 11 to follow 📝
15.03.2025 09:36 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Essay Plan on the theme of social responsibility in An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/essay-p... 🔍
12.03.2025 18:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW BLOG: Oracy - The Infamous 'I don't know'.
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A past exam paper for GCSE English Language Paper 1 (AQA) that includes guidance for each task www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 📖
09.03.2025 14:57 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Notes and tasks on the Inspector’s final speech in An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/notes-o... 🔍
06.03.2025 18:59 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Six statements for discussion on An Inspector Calls that cover aspects of the play that students typically struggle with or form misconceptions about www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/stateme... 🔍
02.03.2025 10:33 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Cheers mate 👊
01.03.2025 12:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Post-Ofsted Parkrun PB ✌️
01.03.2025 10:38 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Notes on imagery in Act One of An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/imagery... 🔍
16.02.2025 17:16 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
