'King Lear' scene by scene 3
The third in the King Lear scene by scene podcast looks at Act One scenes Three and Four.
Read MoreINOTE 2024
An account of the 2024 conference of the Irish National Organisation of Teachers of English.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 2
The second talk in the series King Lear scene by scene looks at Act 1 scene 2, in which we are introduced to the sub-plot (unique in Shakespeare's tragedies), starting with the fascinating villain Edmund.
Read More'King Lear' revision webinar
Notes, links and resources from a webinar on revising King Lear for the Leaving Certificate on Wednesday 16th October via Tralee Education Support Centre.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 1
The first in the series of King Lear: scene by scene podcasts (with transcripts) looks at Act I scene i
Read MoreAdditional Assessment Components: English and AI
Where are we with the Additional Assessment Component in Leaving Certificate English in the context of AI? (illustration: typically terrible AI generated picture)
Read MoreA special Fortnightly on English teaching and AI
A compendium of valuable writing about AI in the light of the English classroom.
Read More'Small Things Like These' webinar
Notes and links from a webinar on teaching Claire Keegan's novel Small Things Like These, September 2024.
Read MoreThe Occasional 3
The third edition of The Occasional, for paid subscribers of The Fortnightly, on received ideas in and clichés about Irish eduction.
Read MoreJudi Dench on Shakespeare
Judi Dench's reflections on playing many roles in Shakespeare's plays over decades are essential reading, in a marvellous collection of conversations with Brendan O'Hea.
Read MoreGrade inflation in the Leaving Certificate
Drawing attention to the peculiar anomaly in which English has had dramatically less grade inflation in the Leaving Certificate since pre-pandemic times.
Read MoreA Personal Anthology: 12 stories for the classroom
On my selection of 12 short stories for Jonathan Gibbs’s ‘A Personal Anthology’
Read MoreJames Shapiro at the Dalkey Book Festival
A brief account of James Shapiro’s appearance with Fintan O’Toole at the 2024 Dalkey Book Festival.
Read MoreThe Perfect Classes
A memory of perfect classes discussing The Portrait of a Lady.
Read MoreLeaving Certificate English 2024: Paper 2
Comments on the Higher Level literature Paper 2 in the 2024 Leaving Certificate.
Read MoreLeaving Certificate English 2024: Paper 1
An assessment of English Paper 1 in the Leaving Certificate, June 2024.
Read More'Irish Times' article
Additional notes to my ‘Irish Times’ article on the future of education in Ireland.
Read MoreEmily Dickinson: The Gorgeous Nothings
Emily Dickinson: The Gorgeous Nothings is both a lovely book, and a handy resource if you’re teaching the poet.
Read MoreAndrew Atherton's 'Experiencing English Literature'
Andrew Atherton’s Experiencing English Literature: shaping authentic student response in thinking and writing provides stimulating ideas for English teachers at all stages of their careers.
Read MoreEnglish, AI and the thermostatic principle
Jottings on Generative AI and English teaching.
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