What is The English Classroom?

The English Classroom aims to support Preservice and Graduate English Teachers in surviving their first year in the classroom.

Becoming a teacher is, at times, a combination of perpetual fear and absolute joy. Some days a filled with extreme trepidation, while others wrap you in the warmth of knowing you are helping others. It is because of this polarity that teachers need a combination of support in the classroom.

As an English Teacher, one of your overall goals is to instil a joy for reading and writing. Students need to be inspired by storytelling. There are moments in the everyday and they are waiting to be discovered. It is the role of the writer to discover the heart and soul behind these moments. This website has been put together to support your role as an emerging teacher looking to increase engagement and passion for English in the classroom.

Think of this website as an index of instructional strategies and activities (Writing, Reading and Speaking and Listening) that you can pick and choose from for your classroom. You will find a number of links to different sections of the website that offer you resources, ideas and discussions about how to engage your students in the art of communication. Recently, I have included free resources that you can download and use in your own classroom; see the tab above labelled Free Resources.

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