Thinking About and Revising Hamlet for the Leaving Certificate
Date: Thursday, 9th November 2023
Time: 7pm to 8pm
Venue: Online via Zoom
Target Audience: Senior Cycle English teachers
This webinar for teachers of post-primary English will
outline effective ways to revise Hamlet in class in the final 6 months before the Leaving Certificate exam and suggest how students can use strategies to exercise their own critical thinking.
look at how this play provides specific and unique challenges to students, and how they can address these.
provide practical strategies for independent work.
suggest online and reading resources to widen teachers' own knowledge of the text.
Bio of Presenter: Julian Girdham
Julian Girdham is an experienced English teacher and conference presenter. He also organises researchED Dublin, a major international educational conference on evidence-based practice, which took place in his school, St Columba's College in Dublin, in 2019 and 2022, as well as an annual 'English Meet' for teachers of Leaving Certificate English. His resources are at www.juliangirdham.com.