With school a long forgotten memory behind us (having started week two of the holidays), it seems only natural that the Summer of an English teacher is dedicated to reading and what could be better than the dedicate the blog to the god of reading? As I’ve said in previous blogs, my love of reading […]
Category: #reading
Loving Literature for Life…
I’ve always loved reading. Before I could evenĀ read you can spot me in childhood photos with a book on my lap. It might be one of my own picture books or I might have snatched a book from the adult holding me but it will be there. As soon as I could read, it was […]
Smashing Teaching Shakespeare!
For some of us this is the bread and butter of English teaching, for others it’s the albatross around our necks. Either way, it’s one of the most challenging tasks we, as English teachers, undertake. EnsuringĀ that our students understand the characters, plot and themes can be tricky enough without having to teach them another […]
English: It’s a Life Long Love Affair…
It seems to me that the purpose of English teaching, rather than teaching in general, is to foster a passion. A passion that will supersede any other in our lives. We’ll never be monogamous creatures once we love to read. Since the moment I learned to read, I have fallen in love time and time […]
Humble Beginnings
Well, it might seem like madness to you and, indeed, to myself much of the time but it’s fair to say that I love teaching. That’s not to say that I love it every day, not even every minute, but there’s something about it that’s captured my heart and my imagination. With thirteen years of […]