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12 fabulous gifts for the ELA teacher in your life

I don't know about you but as we hit mid-November I begin to get twitchy about Christmas shopping. As I live in London, I don't have the whole 'wait till after Thanksgiving' rule and as last few weeks of term always flash by, I feel the need to start planning my Christmas gift roundup. This year we break up on 19 December. I will need to get cooking. I won't have time for shopping that late.  Added to this, some of the trickiest purchases I have to make at Christmas time are not the kids in my family, or my mum and dad. Not even my brother. But it's the gifts I need to buy to show my love, appreciation, and utter respect for my amazing colleagues. The teachers in my English department, all 12 of them, are some of the most fabulous people I have ever known. They deserve fabulous gifts, each one of them.  I work with 5 guys and 7 gals, so I have tried to add a good mix of ideas below. So here is my gift guide for ELA teachers, there are 12 here for your to

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