The second in a revision series using quotations from Othello, by Act.
Set the Quizlet in flashcard study mode, and click top right to ‘answer with definition’, and then try to recall the missing word. Click to find the answer and for some notes on the significance of the quotation.
Most importantly, think about how the quotation can be used, what it tells us about a character/theme, in what way it resonates elsewhere in the play.
The first in a revision series using quotations from Othello, by Act.
Set the Quizlet in flashcard study mode, and click top right to ‘answer with definition’, and then try to recall the missing word. Click to find the answer and for some notes on the significance of the quotation.
Most importantly, think about how the quotation can be used, what it tells us about a character/theme, in what way it resonates elsewhere in the play.
The English Department is looking for a teacher of English for next term, from August 30th to December 15th (end of term) inclusive. The successful candidate will teach English to First Form through to Fifth.
The Department is a close-knit supportive one, with three experienced teachers available constantly to support the person appointed. Classes are small (for example, there are about 16 pupils in the Fifth Form set).
The
College operates a six-day timetable, with no classes on Wednesday or
Saturday afternoons (or, for the successful candidate, Friday
afternoons).
Applicants must be fully qualified teachers and will ideally have some experience. They must also be native English speakers and have appropriate Garda vetting.
Applications, including a Curriculum Vitae and the names and addresses of two referees,
should be forwarded as soon as possible/or by July 23rd at the latest to:
The Warden, St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin 16
E-mail: warden@stcolumbas.ie.
www.stcolumbas.ie
Congratulations to the winner of this year's Junior Poetry Prize, Alison Wang.
Here is her poem 'Freedom':
I sat in a big, colourful ‘room’
As light faded in and out on the endless ceiling.
I dreamt about
The thick snow,
The withered leaves,
The endless desert,
the thorns and roses they talked about.
One day, the wall cracked.
I saw a blur of light drifting indistinctly.
Everyone stayed far away;
They only saw the darkness.
I stepped forward,
Groping in the dark.
They couldn’t feel
The harsh piercing coldness,
The crunchy leaves,
The heating sands,
The prickling pain of thorns.
Having the same picture,
They saw the black dot.
I saw the massive brightnesses surrounding the black dot.
My walls shattered
While they were still in the ‘room’.
The latest edition of the pupil magazine, The Submarine, is now online and can be read here in flippable form.
Editors Avi Johnston and Edna Johnston have gathered pupil writing and artwork by, among others, Zofia Cannon-Brookes, Isabel Warnock, Isabella Treacy, Lorne Walsh, Vivian Tuite, Vanessa McEvoy, Lou Sacolax, Ryan Ovenden and Elys Walker.
Thanks also to Mr Jameson, as 'patron' of the venture.
Here are some resources for teachers and pupils of Othello:
The English Department is looking for a teacher of English for next term, from April 19th to June 25th 2021 inclusive. The successful candidate will teach English to First Form through to Fifth (therefore not including Sixth preparing for their Leaving Certificate).
The College operates a six-day timetable, with no classes on Wednesday or Saturday afternoons (or, for the successful candidate, Friday afternoons). The Department is a close-knit supportive one, with three experienced teachers available constantly to support the person appointed. Classes are small (for example, there are 15 pupils in the Fifth Form set).
Applicants must be fully qualified teachers and will ideally have some experience. They must also be native English speakers and have appropriate Garda vetting.
Applications, including a Curriculum Vitae and the names and addresses of two referees,
should be forwarded as soon as possible/or by Friday 19th March at the latest to:
The Warden, St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin 16
E-mail: warden@stcolumbas.ie.
www.stcolumbas.ie
Any query in advance of application can be sent without prejudice to sccenglish@stcolumbas.ie.
Here are some exercises on quotations in King Lear. They are designed for pair-work 10-minute sessions in class, but work perfectly well for individuals. You need to know the play well, so these are for revision at a late stage.
The purpose is to make your mind work hard: retrieving factual details, certainly, about the sequence of the play, individual quotations and so on, but more importantly know making you think and create connections. You don’t need to write on the original sheet itself: just take a piece of paper and jot down your responses. [Line numbers are from the Everyman edition Tragedies, Volume 1].
For resources directed at both Leaving Certificate students studying remotely now, and their teachers, head over here.
The annual (since 2010) list of best Books of the Year recommendations has now moved, this year, here.
This term’s edition of The Submarine magazine has now been published, and you can read it here online. Well done to editors Avi Johnston and Edna Johnston.
Pupil contributors (both writers and artists) include Maybelle Rainey, Alexander Fought, Sveva Ciofani, India Hassett, Julia Kaptein, Archie McKeever, Carlotta Laudien, Florian Zitzmann, Eliot Tschierschwitz, Georgina Stewart, Eliz Kolat, Shannon Walker Kinsella, Aeladh-Bradley-Brady, Hedley Butler, Gloria Rose, Lola Garofano and Tita Schack.
The fourth of a series to help learn and think about quotations, and to use as retrieval practice.
Try to remember the missing word in the definition flashcard, and then click to see the answer and some comments. Set the card to show definition first, and in flashcard mode.The fourth of a series to help learn and think about quotations, and to use as retrieval practice.
Try to remember the missing word in the definition flashcard, and then click to see the answer and some comments.
Set the card to show definition first, and in flashcard mode.
The third of a series to help learn and think about quotations, and to use as retrieval practice. Try to remember the missing word in the definition flashcard, and then click to see the answer and some comments.
Set the card to show definition first, and in flashcard mode.
The second of a series to help learn and think about quotations, and to use as retrieval practice. Try to remember the missing word in the definition flashcard, and then click to see the answer and some comments.
Set the card to show definition first, and in flashcard mode.
The first of a series to help learn and think about quotations, and to use as retrieval practice. Try to remember the missing word in the definition flashcard, and then click to see the answer and some comments.
Set the card to show definition first, and in flashcard mode.
Too far to say goodbye
But never too far to feel it.
As soon as the news came in——
it was like I’d been stabbed in the heart
A piece of me had died.
The trees outside blossomed while the pollen swayed in the summer's breeze.
Inside there was stone cold silence. Hearing someone's breath was like a megaphone being put to your ear.
Whether he was in the garage fixing his MG or in the garden, everything was an adventure to him. Always making me dust myself off, after a trip to the beach before getting back into his brightly polished Volkswagen polo.
He reminds me of a river.
As he flows away on his next journey, his memories will last forever
A candle describes his life, when lit he was born and kept shining even in the darkest hour until finally blown out softly.
Everyday him watching over me, keeps me going
Trying to be a better person each day,
Trying to make him proud
I love you grandad
Too far to say goodbye
'Summer' by Yilong She
out with spring calling onto summer,
chill of the weary clouds into
the clear azure skies,
waves of searing heat
clashing against the golden radiant lights
buds blossoming,
fugitives of the wild flaunting in the day;
trees swaying in the whooshing wind
dancing to the mockingbirds’ calls
yet, what creature of land could
grasp the heavenly divinity of
Summer?
having eyes to see, but
blinded by the glistening rays of white and silver
