Katelyn Faust

The King Lear scene by scene podcast now has 4 episodes. 1. The opening -juliangirdham.com/blog/king-lear… 2. The start of the sub-plot- juliangirdham.com/blog/king-lear… 3. Loyalty, service, blindness & dogs- juliangirdham.com/blog/king-lear… 4. Dark forces are gathering strength- juliangirdham.com/blog/king-lear…

If you teach English and have not already seen this, you may want to take a look. It raises key ideas about the teaching writing, how talk can contribute (Oracy), the teaching of sentences and more. englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/teaching-…

*Macbeth* - Sentence stems to help students upgrade their sentences and writing skills. Divided them into characters and themes. Will be useful prompts to help students struggling at higher also. Inspired by @sarfern webinar last year💫 #LCEnglish

Anyone doing a refresh, or some revision on ‘King Lear’ with 6th Years might find these slides handy. #edchatie #Shakespeare Link here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

open.spotify.com/episode/51Xgkl… An excellent podcast to kick-start study of "Small Things" for Leaving Cert English students and teachers #lcenglish

A tiny selection of videos on 'Small Things Like These' (very much a 'work in progress'). Teachers of English who've taught the text to Leaving Certs before might offer some recommendations? #EdChatIE 📙 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Claire Keegan's "Small Things Like These": Free webinar for Senior Cycle English Teachers. Tuesday 10th September 2024, 7.00-8.00pm. via @TraleeESC #edchatie

English teachers, I made this quick lesson on an introduction to the language genres for Senior Cycle. It can be presented or printed. Link here: canva.com/design/DAGPKjq…

I put together this study guide for JC English students, with exercises in poetry, fiction, drama and film. Students can complete it in class or at home. It is intended to add some structure to their revision, as I feel they often find that difficult! mscottersclass.com/2024/04/02/jc-…

#WorldBookDay in Stepaside ETSS 🌎📖🍀

World Book Day is less than two weeks away! 📚 This year's theme is #ReadYourWay. If you're looking for some ideas, here's a short 🧵(1/9): #WorldBookDay

Here's my latest 'reluctant readers' advice letter for parents with some new ideas. It's part of a larger package of information we are sending to parents of Y7/8 students with reading results & explanations, plus two pages of FAQs bit.ly/reluctantreade…

(New). On the joy that libraries give: a personal history. juliangirdham.com/blog/on-librar…

Really important points raised here

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer" 🎬 Poet and Professor Paul Muldoon reading #Yeats’ 'The Second Coming' (1920). #VoicesOfYeats #Yeats100 #SeeForYourself @NLIreland @muldoonpoetry

Coming early 2024: Ian McKellan as 'Hamlet'. With the stage cast of the 2021 Theatre Royal Windsor production, including Frances Barber, Jonathan Hyde , Jenny Seagrove, Steven Berkoff, Francesca Annis and Directed by Sean Mathias. youtu.be/qka_CNhm4BY?si…

Here is a link to a booklet I created to study the poetry of Emily Dickinson complete with a biography, overview, six poems with quotes underlined, a word cloud and a sample answer docs.google.com/document/u/0/d…

Some advanced stuff today... Do you write to persuade? Do you employ Aristotle's Triad? His what? Yeah, you know - ethos, logos, and pathos. It works! More: grammar-monster.com/glossary/ethos…

Shakespeare resources (updated) - podcasts, essays, activities and more. Books: #books" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#… Hamlet: #hamlet" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#… King Lear: #kinglear" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#… Macbeth: #macbeth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#… Othello: #othello" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#…