English and History Teacher 📚 Books and Coffee ☕

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined December 2017
Updated Hamlet presentation added to my website: mscottersclass.com/2026/10/2… I also have a notes booklet available. 🤺
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Interesting thread considering the new LC English exam is set to contain an oral element 🤔
Oracy: a tale of three students. Harry is a boisterous, noisy lad but he's actually smart and perceptive when he chooses to "lock in". Last year I asked Year 9 why they thought Orwell used animals to write about politics. Harry offered a two-word answer. "They're innocent." 1/
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Always a popular theme at #leavingcert englishteacher
More notes on ‘Macbeth’, this time on kingship - lots to unpick here, particularly the role of Edward the Confessor!
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More notes on ‘Macbeth’, this time on kingship - lots to unpick here, particularly the role of Edward the Confessor!
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Notes on the role of violence in ‘Macbeth’. Use/chuck as you see fit!
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Another set of notes on ‘Macbeth’, this time for guilt. I found this format online somewhere and have been playing around with it with my own ideas, so please do shout if you recognise it so I can credit you!
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Notes on ‘Macbeth’ and the role of children. Feel free to use/chuck as you see fit.
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I’m not sure there’s a harder job than teaching when you’ve got things on your mind.
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📢 Junior Cycle English Teachers 📚 Webinar: The Prescribed Shakespearean Play at JC – The Merchant of Venice & Romeo and Juliet 📅 Wednesday, 16th September 2026 🕖 7:00pm – 8:00pm 💻 Online via Zoom 🆓 Free 👤 Presenter: Clare Madden 🔗 Register: f.mtr.cool/8dwinrdigt
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The Prescribed Novel at JC: Of Mice and Men and The Outsiders (REPEAT) 🗓️: Monday 7th September 2026 🕗: 7.00 - 8.00 pm 🗣️: Clare Madden 💻: Online via Zoom 🎯: Junior Cycle English Teachers 🌐: edcentretralee.ie/cpd-course… 🎥: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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The Annals of Innisfallen, which chronicle life in Ireland from before the arrival of St Patrick until the 15th century, will go on public display in this country for the first time 40 years today, in an exhibition that will open at UCC rte.ie/news/regional/2026/09…
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Free webinar for teachers of Leaving Certificate English on revising 'Othello', via @TraleeESC @ClareEdCentre @NavanESC Wednesday 7th October, 7.00pm. Register: edcentretralee.ie/cpd-course… #edchatie
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Join me on Tuesday 15th September at 7pm for a free online webinar on Teaching Othello at Senior Cycle Register here: cesc.ie/cpd-courses/post-pri… @cork_cesc @INOTEnews @sccenglish
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6,000 years of world history on a single timeline. Zoom in. You could spend 30 minutes exploring this.
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One of the loveliest lessons I taught was spending almost an hour dissecting and interpreting the final 4 lines of this poem with a stunning group of 6th years. I think I learnt more from them that day. #englishteacher
An all-time banger of a poem by the great Seamus Heaney. Stop scrolling; take your time with it.
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An all-time banger of a poem by the great Seamus Heaney. Stop scrolling; take your time with it.
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76 years ago, Ray Bradbury published "There Will Come Soft Rains," an apocalyptic short story about a time when we have wiped ourselves out—but our AI obliviously continues automating our empty smart homes. Bradbury set the story on August 4, 2026. btboces.org/Downloads/7_Ther…
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FINALLY!! UP MAYO!!
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Just made two infographics with the new OpenAI GPT image-gen-2. 🎓 Teach Module in M365 📖 Reading Progress in Microsoft Teams Pretty nice looking!
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Great to have some context and points of interest for #census2026 #historyteacher @oide
'Come To Your Census' is a new six-part podcast presented by Historian Liz Gillis. Liz unpacks some of the key themes that emerge from the pages of the 1926 census. #Census1926 🎧📻 LISTEN: rte.ie/radio/podcasts/
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