British Educators: I Want You!

If you teach literature and composition in the United Kingdom, I would like to work with you on a collaborative online project. I am teaching a semester of British Literature and Composition this fall. We will be reading selections from Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, and Arthurian legend, as well as the entirety of Macbeth.

I am not sure how to connect to UK teachers. If readers can help me out, I'd love to get your advice.

I am thinking of a blogging or wiki project.

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Permalink Reply by Francis Farrell on July 17, 2007 at 6:05am

Hello,

I might be able to help.

How old would the children be?

Regards,

Francis

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Permalink Reply by OPEN GIGA on August 13, 2007 at 8:40am

i have an interest about that...

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Permalink Reply by Dana Huff on August 18, 2007 at 7:07pm

Hi Francis and opengiga! What I am thinking about doing is something collaborative with a UK class who is studying Macbeth. I was thinking of something along the lines of blogs or wikis. Let me know if you are up for it and we can plan further.

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Permalink Reply by Kathleen Malone Clesson on November 17, 2007 at 2:57pm

How about collaborating with an American lab school class studying MACBETH?

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Permalink Reply by Ian Grove-Stephensen on November 18, 2007 at 12:55pm

Dana, I don't think anyone in UK schools is studying Macbeth at the moment. Currently, everyone is doing The Tempest. Sorry if this puts a dampener on your project.

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Permalink Reply by Gavin on January 14, 2008 at 8:53am

No, no-one in English schools is studying Macbeth. My Standard Grade classes have been studying it for the last two years as we have no set texts on the course (hooray!!!).

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Permalink Reply by Ian Grove-Stephensen on January 14, 2008 at 9:21am

I stand corrected Gavin. Are you in Scotland?

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Permalink Reply by Gavin on January 14, 2008 at 9:27am

Yes, I'm in West Lothian...and not one of the many schools in India who do Standard Grades.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Grove-Stephensen on January 14, 2008 at 1:29pm

Good point. As they become better internet-connected, I wonder what we can do to reach out to them.

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Permalink Reply by Martin Brennan on January 16, 2008 at 6:05pm

Schools in the UK are still able to use Macbeth with 14-15 year olds for a courswork element of their English language and literature exams.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Grove-Stephensen on January 16, 2008 at 6:22pm

Can, but is anyone in England actually doing this? I notice in Yacapaca that we're getting lots of interest in Tempest and almost none in Macbeth. Actual figures here if interested (but requires login).

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Permalink Reply by Hannah on January 31, 2008 at 10:45am

Hi Dana,

Did you ever end up collaborating with a school in the UK? I was hoping to do something similar with my seventh graders when we read Dickens.

I'd love to hear about your experience.