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 | Oct 11, 2019 | blog
As a first-year-out-of-uni teacher, my school tasked me with teaching The Taming of the Shrew to a class of year 10 students who couldn’t care less about what some ancient white dude had to say about anything. Needless to say, I was stressed about how to introduce...