A site to share my resources for secondary English teaching.
The poem appeared in the recent Edexcel IGCSE English Literature exam. This sound file is my give back note session prepared for the possibility of a Covid19-forced early half term.
A page from my onenote folder is available here If you can see it : hooray.
The poem is below.
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 . . .'
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An English teacher's musings.
There's more to life than books, you know. But not much more
[…] The similar poem set in the Jan 2020 ELit paper is discussed here: The Concerned Adolescent: notes […]
This is one of the most horrendous pieces of writing I have ever come across. It is extraordinarily lazy, ugly and obvious. I looked up the author and was depressed to see that she is in fact not only over 16 years old, but is a respected poet. This is bizarre.
What the hell is going on when such low grade drivel is being espoused as art by our education system? Its utterly baffling.