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Thinking: free creative teaching resource

Is it true that if you sit a monkey in front of a typewriter it will eventually write the works of Shakespeare? Is literature like music? I have heard it argued that, in music, the next note can only be … Continue reading

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The language of Shakespeare: free teaching resource

We have resources that help students understand Shakespeare’s language and plays from the Elizabethan era. Now imagine seeing his plays performed in almost any language you can think of, including British sign language.

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FREE poetry teaching resource e-book

Get your FREE copy of How to be Brilliant at Writing Poetry! All you need to do is join our Brilliant Club this week. Not only will club membership entitle you to your free copy of this fantastic poetry resource, … Continue reading

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It’s its not it’s!: free creative teaching resource

I stumbled across a ‘Brilliant’ website. We love giving children memory tricks or visual stimuli in our resources to help them remember all sorts of things, such as French grammar, the solar system, spellings …

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Getting the meaning: free creative teaching resource

So what do gsoh, lol, twimc, teotwawk, 2n8, and abithiwt stand for? I started thinking about the meaning of words today and got sidetracked into text speak. Whilst many sms abbreviations are for phrases that are new to me I … Continue reading

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