Today I asked my Junior Certs to work in groups and spend five minutes brainstorming issues that cause heated arguments between people. I want them to write debates but I also want them to research something they’re interested in; to discuss something they feel passionate about.
So it was really refreshing to see [...]
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Words are powerful. We must never forget that.
Here are some useful links if your texts include “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “Romeo & Juliet”.
Thanks to Elaine Dobbyn @Drogheda Grammar School – I saw the link on her blog!
http://litcharts.com/files/pdf/printer/tokillamockingbird-LitChart.pdf
http://litcharts.com/files/pdf/printer/romeoandjuliet-LitChart.pdf
We recently had a discussion in class of the advantages and disadvantages of various different media: Newspapers – Radio – Television – Internet. We decided we needed to compare & contrast – to think about what they have in common and about what makes them unique. Here are some of the ideas we came up [...]
Here are a few personal essay titles that I gave to my Junior Certs today. I’m really just posting them here so I’ll have them for again! Most of them are taken from a random selection of previous exam papers. Some of the titles that usually come up lean in particular directions – towards descriptive short [...]
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