A site to share my resources for secondary English teaching.
I am in the middle of helping tutees prepare personal statements for their UCAS entry. These links to You Tube films may be of interest:
why statements are often rejected
Imperial College – with a summary from 33 minutes
And on Plagiarism
There is no magic bullet – every student and every university is different and there is a danger in writing an utterly formulaic response. I hope you may use these along with whatever material your schools are issuing to help you.
Good Luck!
An imposter's guide to effective schools
Words, words, words... well said Hamlet! A little blog to go off on tangents within the worlds of history and literature that interest me. From the Tudors to Tom Hardy's Tess, or from the Wars of the Roses to Wuthering Heights, feel free to browse through my musings to pick up extra ideas and points for discussion!
by Geoffrey Sheehy
What can a middle aged English teacher possibly find to write about?
my ideas and thoughts on teaching Secondary School English
A blog for all things #TeamEnglish
Like the students I teach, I am always learning.
Preparing young people for the future with lessons from the past.
Thoughts and ideas about words, stories and what works best in the classroom and beyond
' . . . to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere . . .'
Crowd Sourced Advice For New Teachers
An English teacher's musings.
There's more to life than books, you know. But not much more
