Hmmm...seems to me that the 2008'ers are stepping right up in this thread....anyway, Mr Chandra Handa--yes, he taught me at PLC in Year 10 in 2003--the best teacher ever. He was so picky about punctuality when he first came, but loosened up in the end as he realised that half my class were always gonna be late--just the way they were.
He really makes the texts come alive for you--he likes to read them aloud, and even though I thought, at the time, it was just a waste of time, now that I think about it, it gives you a feeling for the text, not just "ok, gotta sit down and analyse x, y, z technique". It is, after all, a text, to be appreciated by an audience (particularly Shakespeare--previously I thought he was a dry old fart)--really good for developing your interest in the text. If you are gonna analyse a text, you might as well enjoy it (as best as you can).
His analysis of techniques were also very detailed--from him I learnt all the literary techniques I ever needed to know (if he hadn't come, my HSC would've been stuffed)--metaphors, similes, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, elongation (something like that), use of lines (Shakespeare), etc.......
two thumbs up for him
He really makes the texts come alive for you--he likes to read them aloud, and even though I thought, at the time, it was just a waste of time, now that I think about it, it gives you a feeling for the text, not just "ok, gotta sit down and analyse x, y, z technique". It is, after all, a text, to be appreciated by an audience (particularly Shakespeare--previously I thought he was a dry old fart)--really good for developing your interest in the text. If you are gonna analyse a text, you might as well enjoy it (as best as you can).
His analysis of techniques were also very detailed--from him I learnt all the literary techniques I ever needed to know (if he hadn't come, my HSC would've been stuffed)--metaphors, similes, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, elongation (something like that), use of lines (Shakespeare), etc.......
two thumbs up for him