by Carolyn | Sep 16, 2017 | English, Film, Literature, Reading, Teaching
Teaching visual literacy and film can be a lot of fun. If there is anything our students are familiar with it is film. However, just like novels, plays, poetry and other forms of literature, film has its own conventions and terminology. I have to make a confession... 
by Carolyn | Aug 8, 2017 | English, Literature, Reading, Teaching
Imagine all the students in your English class arrived each day having read the novels, plays, poetry or short stories that they were working on. Imagine not being frustrated because the lesson you so carefully prepared didn’t work because the students hadn’t done the... 
by Carolyn | Aug 5, 2016 | FAQ, Reading, Teaching
Today’s post is the second in the 7 day challenge. Important family commitments meant that I did not get this posted yesterday so I am going to try and do 2 today. This is a situation that you, as an English teacher, face all the time I know. Your lessons are all... 
by Carolyn | Aug 3, 2016 | English, Reading, Teaching
No matter how much information we have sometimes it is hard to get into a good writing routine. So this week I am taking the plunge and have signed up for a 7 day blogging challenge. Darren Rouse over at ProBlogger is running this. I like Darren, he is an Aussie guy... 