UNIMAGINED
Format and Logistics for a day at your school
​​​​​​​​The subject ENGLISH isn't just about Spelling and Grammar
– it's about LIFE.
60 Years of Life Lessons (not found in textbooks).
​​FREE all day at your school.
(There is only a nominal £240 contribution to overall expenses
– no other charges.)
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Broadly two options (you can customise further):
Morning: Narrative Performance/Q&A for an entire Year Group
Afternoon: Narrative Performance/Q&A for an entire Year Group
or
Morning: Narrative Performance/Q&A for (an) entire Year Group(s)
Afternoon: Smaller classroom discussion groups/workshops
UK Schools!
Please read these pages in their entirety to gain a comprehensive understanding (in summary and detail) of what is being offered: format, content, delivery, message, teacher feedback, available dates.
Then select your preferred date from the tour schedule and send an email to secure it.
(The cost is only a nominal £240 contribution to expenses – no additional charges).
LOGISTICS
There are very engaging visuals (a PowerPoint file on a USB stick), so I need a computer (which can read a PowerPoint file!), projector, screen (I have a clicker).
I need a parking space, please!
The rhythm established seems to be a morning and an afternoon talk/workshop, for Year 9 and above
(but this is flexible and customisable).
Duration of the full narrative performance session should be 80-90 minutes, which allows me one hour (plus a few minutes) for the engaging narrative performance, and some time for a teacher-moderated Q&A discussion.
Smaller, classroom discussion/workshop after main narrative performance.
My presentation is usually a very lively, passionate ‘narrative performance’ (interactive workshop for school audiences) – combining: reading of passages from the book; insights into the extraordinary social evolution of the United Kingdom in the late 20th Century (with visuals which both students and staff find astonishing and jaw-dropping); anecdotes and life lessons from the amazing publishing journey; and self-deprecating humour.
Year 9 and above, and teachers as well – they all find this fascinating, entertaining, riveting.
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To book a speaking event, please get in touch by e-mail
(contact @ unimagined .co .uk)
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UK SCHOOLS:
(Reserve your date from the Tour Plan and see also 'Notes for Schools' on the Content & Messaging page.)
(Non-UK schools: different terms apply – please email me.)
My events were 100% FREE in Phase One (no speaking fee, or travelling/hotel expenses, or submission of receipts for sandwiches purchased en route). I required only: a parking space; black coffee (no sugar). In Phase Two and Phase Three, I will be charging a nominal fee of £240 (full day, all inclusive, no additional charges) to contribute to all my expenses.
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Typically, I would be at your school for one entire day and deliver a lively narrative performance/workshop in the morning, and another in the afternoon. But we can configure the day however you like – although there should be at least one narrative performance, as most of the 'Rules for Life' emerge from the story of the publishing journey.
For example: a morning narrative performance to (an) entire Year group(s) could be followed by two or three or four, smaller, one-hour classroom discussion groups later in the day. This is now my preference – it has been working very well!
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This is not relevant solely for Year 9 English. The story narrated/performed is absolutely pertinent to English, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Sociology, PSHE, Modern History, Citizenship, all Humanities in general – and the target audience is from Year 9 to sixth-form to adult (including the teachers, who look just as riveted as the students). The story includes life's decisions about higher education and career etc.
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Book signing (if desired) potentially can be during lunchtime and at the end of the day. I am happy to sit in the library (or wherever) at lunchtime and answer students' questions and chat with them informally.
Generally, in my presentations, I do not discuss: Religion or specific religions, God or specific gods, current world conflicts, politics, etc. My focus is on: emotional intelligence; our common humanity (there is no 'Other'); some positive 'Rules for Life'.
The book is quoted to demonstrate the extraordinary evolution of British society over the last 50-60 years. This is a lively narrative performance, with age-appropriate humour.
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Reserve your date! Send me an email
Weekdays – Schools have priority
Evenings and weekends – available for Bookshops
UK SPEAKING TOUR Road Trips:
PHASE ONE: FEBRUARY - MARCH 2024
PHASE M (Malaysia): APRIL - MAY 2024
PHASE TWO: JUNE - JULY 2024
PHASE THREE: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2024
Schools: this is the one that really works for you, isn't it? I understand the pressure you're under concerning exam preparations! Send me an email now to secure your date. Thank you! ​