Favourite and least favourite texts to teach
For the August English blog sync, we are to write about what our favourite and least favourite texts are to teach. As English teachers, it is obvious that we enjoy reading and interpreting texts. It’s in our nature. I know that I have a vast amount of “favourites” that I hope I will one day have the pleasure of being able to teach, thus (hopefully) instilling some of my own passion into my learners. Yet, when it comes to teaching, our initial passions can sometimes be marred by repetition and (in my own experience) the negative responses of our learners.
Least favourite
I would say that my least favourite text to teach is Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. While I think that this text is deeply moving with its exploration of shattered hopes and dreams, providing a glimpse of life in America…
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