| I have taught this subject for over 30 years to high school students preparing for various exams. Students received instruction based on their speciic personal needs and learning styles, with the overall objective being to hone their writing skills and motivate them to be proficient in this area. |
| Second language learners have benefitted immensely from my instruction in grammar. My approach has been interdisciplinary and interactive. |
| I encourage students to engage in wide reading as they are taught appreciation of various cultures,writing perspectives, stylistic devices and historical backgrounds. Every student goes through a personal learning experience by reading literature from different time periods, and I encourage all of them to analyse and respond verbally and in writing, to what they have read. |
| My students are introduced to the elements of poetry, poetry appreciation, various genres of poetry and their impact on readers. They are also given the tools of critical analysis, research, and written response. |
| Effective teaching strategies for comprehension are employed. These include a focus on word recognition, reading, interpretation, analysis and synthesis. |
| My students benefit from live readings,dramatizations, audio and video presentations of the plays. They are guided in their research of Shakespeare's life,the Elizabethan stage, dramatic techniques and borrowings.An appreciation of the art of rhetoric and the effectiveness of various literary devices is taught. I encourage my students to see the characters as real people, and to respond to the critical issues raised in the plays. They are therefore encouraged to see life as a "stage". |