makes us see what we’ve stopped noticing.
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Same method. Less room for error.
If students struggle in essays, it’s rarely because they know nothing.
It’s because they haven’t yet turned what they know into something they can use.
That’s the gap this closes.
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reminds us that even perfect rules leave room for doubt and misinterpretation. Maybe that’s a good thing. But maybe not.
Reading makes us see what we’ve stopped noticing.
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Thanks to @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social for setting the usual thought-provoking theme.
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→ what needs fixing
→ what to try next, right here, in this sentence
That’s the difference between correcting a piece of writing …
and building a writer.
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always in the process of revising, whether we mean to or not. And then we have to contend, too, with the forces who want to influence that process.
Reading makes us see what we’ve stopped noticing.
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what arrives, but what takes hold.
Reading makes us see what we’ve stopped noticing.
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this week's theme.
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what works.
Not just what’s missing.
But what needs to change. And how.
That’s the work behind every Deep Dive: close reading, clear thinking, and decisive writing - with guidance at every step.
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Woolf’s genius lies in showing that what matters is not simply what happens, but how it is experienced: how meaning is made in the act of observing.
Reading makes us see what we’ve stopped noticing.
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often oblivious to what we're doing.
Reading makes us see what we’ve stopped noticing.
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A theme-free #ShakespeareSunday weekend sees Shakespeare almost blowing his ten-syllable ‘budget’ on just two glorious words!
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It is effective.
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Essays begin with ideas, connections, and structure. One you've got the last one, the others become a lot easier.
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“Every monster has a mother.”
This Mother’s Day, let’s upset that rosy apple-cart a bit. You wouldn't expect anything else from me by now ...
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Spent this morning in Swansea, giving a talk on King Lear for A Level students.
Teachers interested in interactive outreach and online Shakespeare sessions available for GCSE and A Level can email darren_f.j@hotmail.co.uk
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A lovely outreach session in Evesham on Much Ado About Nothing today.
Teachers interested in interactive outreach and online Shakespeare sessions available for GCSE and A Level can email darren_f.j@hotmail.co.uk
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Maximus Decimus Meridius. But could they be related? Spring and spectacle interrogated this week ...
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Enjoyed giving a talk on Shakespeare’s 'Macbeth' for GCSE students today.
Teachers interested in interactive outreach and online Shakespeare sessions available for GCSE and A Level can email darren_f.j@hotmail.co.uk
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