Creativity by Restrictions by Jacob Stern
Jacob Stern
Using music to enhance the learning of poetry in high school English classrooms.
Technology is easily a distraction for adolescents, but with the right approach digital texts can enhance the teaching and learning of English in the secondary classroom.
As high school English teachers we need to find out how we foster the innate love students have for writing before the 'constrained skills' bandwagon shreds it to pieces.
High school English teachers can create stimulating and engaging Shakespeare lessons with some simple strategies.
Reading aloud in secondary English classrooms can increase the engagement of and accessibility for students with language backgrounds other than English, low levels of English literacy and low cognitive ability.
High school English teachers should continuously promote reading in the classroom and not treat it as a separate component or a skill that is obtained in a student’s individual time.
Tabletop roleplaying games can bring the fun back into writing in high school English.
A short video about the potential for changes to assessment in the NSW HSC underpinned by readings in English this semester.
Social media, digital platforms, and technology can be used to increase students’ literacy levels.
Teaching secondary school English students to find the joy in reading is critical.