Junior Certificate

 

English Resources

 

2008 – 2009

 

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Professional Development Folder

 

Contact Details

 

Kevin Mc Dermott

National Co-ordinator English

Mobile Number:

087  2937302

Email: kevinmcdermott@slss.ie

 

 

Esther Herlihy

English Administrator

Navan Education Centre

Athlumney

Navan

Co. Meath

Telephone: 046 9078382

Fax: 046 9078385

Email: english@slss.ie

 

Cooperative Development

Prodait

 

Dialogue and Reflection

Prodait

 

Exploratory Practice

Prodait


NCCA Resources

 

 

English: Guidelines for Teachers of Students with Mild General Learning Disabilities

NCCA

 

Junior Certificate English: Draft Syllabus

NCCA

 

ESRI Summary of Research: First Year

 

ESRI Summary of Research Second Year

 

ESRI Summary of Research Third Year


Official Documents: Department of Education & Science & State Examination Commission

 

Junior Certificate English: Syllabus

 

Junior Certificate English: Guidelines for Teachers

 

Junior Certificate Examination 2006 Chief Examiner’s Report

 

Looking at English: Teaching & Learning English in Post-Primary Schools

Department of Education and Science


Book Suggestions

 

Fifty Books for First and Second year English

Kevin Mc Dermott

 

Teenage Fiction Worth Reading

Statia Somers

 

Articles for Teaching English Magazine

 

A Brave New World or just More of the Same: Junior Certificate English -What is really going on in the classroom?

Dr Tom Mullins.

 

 

Languages in the Post-Primary Curriculum: Time for a New Approach?

David Little

 

 

English Support Service Handouts

 

 

Handout: Artful Thinking

Kevin Mc Dermott

 

 

Handout: Exploratory Talk

Kevin Mc Dermott

 

 

Handout: Short Story Shape

Kevin Mc Dermott

 

 

Handout: Teaching for Understanding

Kevin Mc Dermott