by mindroar | Mar 5, 2021 | blog, English literature, teaching English, teaching literature, teaching Shakespeare, teaching strategies
If you’ve read my previous post about introducing Shakespeare to teens, you’ll know that a Shakespearean insults lesson is the BEST way to engage students in Shakespeare at the beginning of a unit. If not, read on! This post goes into more detail about how...
by mindroar | Mar 1, 2021 | blog, English literature, free resources, teaching English, teaching Shakespeare
Can you feel it? That sinking feeling in your stomach. The butterflies that flutter there. The miasmic dread that descends and weighs you down as you look at your teacher planner to see that you have to teach Shakespeare next week. Don’t worry, we’ve got...
by mindroar | Jan 17, 2020 | #teacherlife, blog, English literature, free resources, Freebie Friday, teaching literature, teaching Shakespeare, video resources
Do you ever have those lessons where you look around your classroom and you can see the boredom swirl around the classroom like fog? I used to have a class that was almost catatonic every Thursday afternoon last lesson: Year 9s, after lunch, an hour until home time,...
by mindroar | Oct 11, 2019 | blog, English literature, teaching English, teaching literature, teaching Shakespeare, teaching strategies
“Thou cockered, fen-sucked pignut!” shouted one boy, his eyes alight with mischievous glee. Kalvin, 15 “Thou mammering, half-faced hedge pig!” countered another, a typically quiet student who had now spoken aloud for the third time the whole year. Jacob, 14 As a...
