This blog is designed to share my resources as an English teacher and a former teacher of ToK at IB. I am now retired, after a final year teaching a 40% timetable at a wonderful school near Salisbury, UK. I have been a Teacher of English, Head of English and Head of TOK an Assistant Head.
My posts reflect my own views and should never be taken as “fact”. Often I write deliberately as a stimulus, to goad a response from students and all I ask is that any reader uses my work to spark off their own thoughts and takes care not to regurgitate them piecemeal.
The podcasts are meant for consumption by my students and usually refer to ideas and discussions that have taken place in class. This does not render them meaningless for visitors from elsewhere, but you should be aware of this before you listen.
Jonathan
English Teaching Resources 
great site thanks 🙂
Cheers!
• Radio CKCU / Literary News (Carleton U, Ottawa) http://carleton.ca/litnews/ is searching contributing correspondents who would like to report (via MP3 audio) on cultural events in Britain that are of literary interest. Could you help us in reaching out to people who might be willing to get in touch with us?And how about joining yourself our international team of contributing correspondents? I would truly be delighted.
Cheers,
Hans G. Ruprecht
Host & Producer
CKCU LITERARY NEWS
http://www2.carleton.ca/litnews/programs/
I am interested, but not sure I have the time!
Hi Jonathan.
I hope you don’t mind my getting in touch like this – I’m a journalist for the TES, and I was wondering whether you might be able to help me out with an article I’m working on.
A while back, you mentioned during a TES Twitter exchange that you were an opera teacher for 18 years. I’m now writing an article about interesting pre-teaching careers, and how they might affect classroom practice – might you be prepared to have a chat with me over the phone about this?
Do please drop me a note with any questions, etc. I’m on: adi.bloom [at] tes.co.uk
Thanks very much,
Adi
I’d be happy to do this. You refer to Opera Teacher… I was an Opera singer… are you still interested?
I’ll email the numbers!
Best wishes,
Jonathan
Thank you!
I’d still be very keen to speak – “opera teacher” was a slip-up. I did actually mean to write “opera singer”. I promise this is no indication of the accuracy of the article I plan to write…
Look forward to hearing fom you,
Adi
can you find “the fly in the ointment”s literary devices. please!!
Hello,
We’re trying to spread the word about the World’s Largest Lesson and wondered if you could help us. It’s for teachers across the world and it’s part of Project Everyone, which has been set up by Comic Relief founder Richard Curtis to support the upcoming sustainable development goals. We’re hoping to collect lesson plans from teachers geared towards teaching children about the goals – whether it’s an individual topic, like the fight against climate change or poverty or all of the goals. The competition closes in just over a week then the plans can be reviewed by teachers to select their favourite, which will then hopefully be taught in schools across the world in September. It’s a bit of a mighty plan and we’d really like your help!
Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in and I can send you over the press release.
Many thanks,
Alex
Alex.Maher@mangomarketing.com
Sounds fascinating: please send the release, I am sure I will have something and will pass on what I can…
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Probably most useful if you let me know your spheres of interest. As you see, this is an edu blog aimed at supporting students at secondary level… Beyond that, anything engaging with English literature at secondary level would be brilliant
Good to hear from you.
I would like to contribute a unique & 100% quality content for your website as per your guidelines.
Below are few random topics, I’m keen to write for your website:-
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If you like these topics then please let me know. Send me any one of topic.
In case you got any topic suggestion in your mind then share your views on that. I’ll write and send to you ASAP.
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If you permit, May I take the opportunity to promote your site on social profiles where we have huge followers.
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Thanks & Regards,
Jessie.
I am not sure that these are suited to a blog about teaching English and carrying resources to aid teachers and students in this area. Whilst interesting, I am keen to keep the posts relevant to this area. Do you have specialist knowledge in this field?
Please let me know the status of my previous mail.
Hi,
I’m a lecturer at Bournemouth and Poole College. Your blog is excellent!
I have made a few podcasts on OMAM and in particular, Curley’s wife. Feel free to add to your blog for your students! Links below:
A* podcast: https://youtu.be/WznWPFul9Rk
Curley’s wife podcast: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-KLrlGjgyXffKKMMr8AzQPXj6r9VtmE2
Thanks so much!
I will link them to my dept YouTube channel if that’s ok!
So pleased to have found your site! I am teaching OCR Lit to my year 13s and I am the only teacher who is planning to compare Chaucer’s ‘The Merchant’s Prologue and Tale’ with ‘A Doll’s House’ so I was feeling a little ‘out on a limb’ so finding your site has been so helpful . I look forward to being inspired by future ADH and Chaucer comments/PPs in the future. Thanks so much, LM
Please keep in touch- I am on twitter as @mrpeel and would welcome the contact with this pair!
Hi there,
These are wonderful resources on American Literature – thank you so much for uploading all of this! They will be of enormous use to me when I start teaching the A Level American Lit course in September – what a great find your website was!
Best wishes,
Elle
So glad you find it useful. You can follow me on twitter @mrpeel if you don’t already. Also ff @team_english1
Great – thanks for that. I was wondering if you have given your pupils a wider reading list for the American Literature course, and if you have would you be willing to share?
Many thanks
Not yet. We have got copies of the 6 set texts for them to read but haven’t tried to be over-prescriptive- was thinking of getting them to create their own as a slow-burn task
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Thank you!
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I will take a look
Couldn’t get past the mammoth and rather intimidating warnings and regulations page
Hi Jonathan
Thank you for offering to take a look!
But sorry, not sure what is happening…The platform currently does not work on mobile phones or internet explorer, but other browsers on your computer should open the link all right.
Could you maybe message us on Twitter (@SenecaLearn) and we’ll send you the link again?
Thank you and sorry for this odd inconvenience!
Best
Hope this finds you well Sir,
Any tips on how to improve your written and spoken english?
Thanks for your time.