ASTI Education Conference 2023
Notes on the 2023 ASTI Education Conference on Reform
Read MoreOn the withdrawal of the Paper 1 Plan
The plan to move English (and Irish) Paper 1 in the Leaving Certificate has been ‘deferred’. A response.
Read MoreAnthony Joseph's 'Sonnets for Albert'
Anthony Joseph’s Sonnets for Albert deals with the troubled heritage of his father’s past with honesty, control and grace.
Read More'The Wife of Bath: a biography' by Marion Turner
Marion Turner’s The Wife of Bath a biography is a thrilling follow-up to her major biography of Geoffrey Chaucer, placing the fictional character in her literary and cultural context, and then looking at her many and persistent ‘afterlives’ through history.
Read MoreMacbeth key moment video annotations
20 video/audio annotations of key moments in Macbeth.
Read MoreJoseph O'Connor's 'My Father's House'
My Father’s House, Joseph O’Connor’s fictional treatment of the life of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, is particularly brilliant in its evocation of Rome and the Vatican under Nazi occupation.
Read MoreEnglish Meet 2023
If you’re interested in presenting at the second English Meet, on Wednesday 3rd May 2023, 7pm to 9pm, get in touch!
Read MoreOn Senior Cycle reform in English: follow-up
A post reflecting on where we are we right now with the proposed changes to Leaving Certificate English.
Read MoreresearchED Dublin in 'Astir'
Article on researchED Dublin 2022 from ASTIR magazine, January 2023.
Read MorePatterns of Poetry podcasts
15 short talks on elements of poetry, using one or two poems in each case.
Read MoreTerry Dolan on Geoffrey Chaucer
An audio interview with the late Professor Terry Dolan about the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Read MoreSwiss Army Knife (exploding) quotations
A simple and effective revision technique in class, mining a single statement/quotation, and opening up rich discussions about the text (here, Macbeth).
Read MoreThe Portrait of a Lady
A discussion about Henry James’s masterpiece The Portrait of a Lady.
Read MoreMacbeth webinar
The ‘shownotes’ for my webinar for teachers on revising Macbeth leading up to the Leaving Certificate. Via Tralee Education Support Centre, evening of Monday 9th January 2023.
Read MoreKing Lear for Litdrive
‘Shownotes’ from a presentation on teaching the end of King Lear, as part of Litdrive’s online CPD programme, January 2023.
Read MoreShort review round-up, 2022
An annual round-up of short recommendations of books which I didn’t review fully.
Read MoreMy Books of 2022
My annual selection of excellent reading.
Read MoreBooks of the Year lists 2022
The 13th annual round-up of the best Books of the Year lists.
Read MorePatrick Freyne's 'OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea'
Patrick Freyne’s collection of personal essays, OK, Let’s Do Your Stupid Idea is a skilful, funny and often moving collection of stories.
Read MoreRevising the sequence of 'Hamlet' 1
A three-step approach to embedding knowledge of the sequence of events in Hamlet.
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