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Month: September 2018

If It’s Not Literature, Why Bother?

27th September 201827th September 2018 idealisticteacher#reading

Whilst most English teachers have a passion for Literature, it is a smaller number of the fleet for whom non-fiction floats their boat. When faced with the wonder that is ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’ or the challenges of ‘The Color Purple’, non-fiction can feel like a slog or feel a little dry. So why […]

Because “I’m Quiet, Nobody Really Checks On Me.”

25th September 201828th January 2020 idealisticteacherEnglish Teaching

One of the hot topics at my school, based on results and some concerns senior management had last year, has been ‘Quiet Girls’ or ‘The Invisible Girl Phenomenon’. We’ve all had these girls in our classes. The ones who hide in the corner, keep their hands firmly rooted to the table and are the last […]

Everyone Has Bad Days…

9th September 201827th September 2018 idealisticteacherEnglish Teaching

In teaching, along with any other profession, we all have our bad days. I can’t help but think that it’d be easier to get through them if we shared our experiences and were more realistic about the demanding nature of our jobs and the way in which it hits the fan. Regularly. I’ll give you […]

Enablement: Creating a Can-Do Attitude

6th September 2018 idealisticteacherEnglish Teaching

If we’re doing our jobs right, and I’m sure that we’re trying, we should be pushing our students to do things that, put simply, they can’t do. Not that they aren’t capable of it, but that they can’t do it on their own yet. If we aren’t, we’re only repeating what they’ve already done, what […]

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