Andrew Atherton’s Experiencing English Literature: shaping authentic student response in thinking and writing provides stimulating ideas for English teachers at all stages of their careers.
Read MoreJottings on Generative AI and English teaching.
Read MoreSome thoughts on the first three years of English Meets at St Columba’s College.
Read MoreLinks and notes from my webinar on Tuesday 7th May 2024 for the English Community of Practice organised by Joe Rolston via Wexford Education Support Centre.
Read MoreA report on the third English Meet at St Columba’s College, in May 2024.
Read MoreThoughts of a teacher on one of the books of the moment, Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation.
Read MoreA review of Carol Atherton’s Reading Lessons: the books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter, with extended comments on English teaching.
Read MoreA free webinar on ideas of ‘light and dark’ in ‘King Lear’, via Wexford Education Centre, at 7.00pm on Tuesday 7th May 2024.
Read MoreA summary of teaching notes on Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, including a free 26-page downloadable guide.
Read MoreJonathan F.S. Post’s ‘Elizabeth Bishop’ in the OUP Very Short Introduction series is an admirable introduction to this most admirable of 20th century poets.
Read MoreA summary of notes on the four comparative modes in the Leaving Certificate as they might apply to Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These.
Read MoreA look at Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These through the lens of George Saunders’s A Swim in the Pond in the Rain.
Read MoreTeaching notes on the final section of Small Things Like These.
Read MoreA free webinar on Wednesday 16th October 2024 for teachers of King Lear in the Leaving Certificate.
Read MoreTeaching notes on Section 6 of Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These.
Read MoreEnglish teachers will appreciate 100 for 100 Macbeth, by Stuart Pryke and Amy Staniforth, which is directed at student revision, but also has lots of opportunities for class work.
Read MoreTeaching notes on Sections 4 and 5 of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These.
Read MoreSecond series of teaching notes on Small Things Like These, covering Section 3.
Read MoreA free webinar via Tralee Education Support Service for teachers of Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These.
Read MorePost 1 of Teaching Notes on Claire Keegan’s novel 'Small Things Like These.
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