English is... - an introduction to the quirks of English...and text analysis
Wondering what to do on your first day back? Students not really 'getting' the debate and discussion of English (compared to maths, where 2+2=4 and there's nothing to argue about)? This slideshow presentation (not editable) and accompanying set of handouts (editable) takes students through:
❤️ The surety of subjects like maths and science.
❤️ The surety of subjects like workshop technology where 90 degrees = a right angle, but ... where there's room for argument too (eg, we can argue about the design of that chair).
❤️ The not so surety about any part of English! Does it matter if we don't have capital letters in a text message? Does it really matter if we write banana's, cornflake's and can's of bean's on our shopping list? When DOES it matter? You get to discuss and argue about this in class! (I'd love to be a fly on the wall!)
❤️ The argument over who's the best song-writer, what's the best film etc ... because who are ANY of us to say, right?
❤️ The way we can argue and JUSTIFY our opinions about texts using the 'Ladder of Love' to move from initial reactions, to&n