Forthcoming English Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Doing Critical Literacy

   Texts and Activities for Students and Teachers

   By Hilary Janks, Kerryn Dixon, Ana Ferreira, Stella Granville, Denise Newfield

   Series: Language, Culture, and Teaching Series

   Compelling and highly engaging, this text shows teachers at all levels how to do critical literacy in the classroom and provides models for practice that can be adapted to any context. Integrating social theory and classroom practice, it brings critical literacy to life as a socio-cultural...

   To Be Published July 11th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Social Construction of Meaning

   Reading literature in urban English classrooms

   By John Yandell

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book takes a fresh look at secondary urban English classrooms and at what happens when students and their teachers explore literature collaboratively. By closely examining what happens in English lessons, minute by minute, it reveals how literary texts function not as a valorised heritage to...

   To Be Published September 24th 2013 by Routledge
3. Teaching Caribbean Poetry

   An Essential Resource Book for Teachers

   Edited by Beverley Bryan, Morag Styles

   Series: National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)

   Teaching Caribbean Poetry will inform and inspire readers with a love for, and understanding of, the dynamic world of Caribbean poetry. This unique volume sets out to enable secondary English teachers and their students to engage with a wide range of poetry, past and present; to understand how...

   To Be Published October 8th 2013 by Routledge
4. Write Out of the Classroom

   How to use the 'real' world to inspire and create amazing writing

   By Colin Macfarlane

   Write Out of the Classroom is a ground-breaking, highly practical book which provides teachers and creative writing tutors with great ways of tapping into the huge inspirational and educational potential of the richly diverse world beyond the classroom walls. Effective learning occurs when the...

   To Be Published October 9th 2013 by Routledge
5. Spelling for Life

   Uncovering the simplicity and science of spelling

   By Lyn Stone

   There is a common misconception in educational circles that spelling and mathematics are opposites. A familiar cry of the struggling speller, "I can’t spell because I have a maths brain." Actually spelling is mathematical. Spelling is the manipulation of symbols according to agreed-upon patterns...

   To Be Published October 22nd 2013 by Routledge
6. Jumpstart Grammar

   Games and activities for ages 7-14

   By Pie Corbett, Julia Strong

   Series: Jumpstart!

   This collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities will jumpstart pupils’ understanding of grammar in action. If you are one of the thousands of teachers who feels insecure about how to teach grammar engagingly, and perhaps also lack confidence in your own grammatical knowledge,...

   To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
7. Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School

   A Companion to School Experience, 3rd Edition

   Edited by Liam Gearon

   Series: Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series

   'A comprehensive and illuminating resource on both citizenship and citizenship education'- David Hicks, Times Educational Supplement What is the role of citizenship? How can it be taught effectively? The fully updated third edition of Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School is an...

   To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge
8. The English Teacher's Drama Handbook

   By Nick McGuinn

   ‘Imaginative and innovative…English teaching is hard work and a text that proposes different approaches is to be welcomed; drama suits English teaching well and a book that de-mystifies some of the strategies within the very specific language and needs of the English classroom would be very useful....

   To Be Published February 28th 2014 by Routledge
9. The Critical Merits of Young Adult Literature

   Coming of Age

   Edited by Crag Allen Hill

   This examination of the literary and pedagogical effectiveness of young adult literature from a critical, research-oriented perspective answers the nagging questions many teachers and scholars in the field are confronted with: Does young adult literature stand up on its own as literature? Is it...

   To Be Published February 28th 2014 by Routledge
10. Exploring Big Issues through Drama

    By John Rainer, Kirsty Walters

    To Be Published February 28th 2014 by Routledge