Author: katieanderton
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Creating Lessons from Breaking News: A Teacher’s Toolkit
I’ve found that incorporating breaking news into your lessons can make learning more engaging, relevant, and thought-provoking. Maybe this is because of my journalistic background, but I’ve found it really works for my students. Whether you teach English, social studies, or media literacy, current events provide an authentic way to develop critical thinking, discussion skills,
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10 Words You’ll See in Headlines (And What They Really Mean)
Here are ten popular words you might see in headlines, and why they’re always there! As you might know, headlines are really carefully created to grab attention. For this reason, they often use strong vocabulary. Alongside this, the headlines might be overdramatised, emotional, and vague. This is all on purpose to get more people
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The Obsession With The Tragic Woman
Society romanticises female pain and torment. Why? Society has always had a certain obsession with women who are mentally tormented or in pain — we see this throughout history. Greek Mythology showcases doomed women such as Echo. Historians depict women like Cleopatra as suicidal. Literature namely The Virgin Suicides, A Streetcar Named Desire, Macbeth, and
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The Colonised Idea of Time
How the West imposed its idea of time onto the world What is time? Time is both a blessing and a curse. Time is inexplainable and yet makes perfect sense. Time is both the creator and thief of joy. We are simultaneously the architects and the slaves of time. Despite being utterly consumed by every
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Drifting and Grifting: Moving to the Right When Things Go Wrong
How public figures use right-wing politics to shield themselves In a black mirror-esque shift, it’s becoming a commonly used tactic to move to right-wing politics when a “cancellation” or exposition is approaching. We have seen this with the likes of Elon Musk and Andrew Tate.Back in September, Channel 4’s Dispatches exposed that Russell Brand has
English tutoring fused with journalism 