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 | 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,...