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11. Unlocking Poetry

    An Inspirational Resource for Teaching GCSE Literature

    By Trevor Millum, Chris Warren

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

    This helpful and accessible teacher resource offers over 800 innovative ways of studying the poetry which is prescribed for GCSE study. Unlocking Poetry not only provides poems in electronic format but also presents them in a variety of other forms which help students to undertake their own...

    Published July 18th 2012 by Routledge
12. A Guided Reader for Secondary English

    Pedagogy and practice

    Edited by David Stevens

    The Guided Reader for Secondary English draws on extracts from the published work of some of the most influential education writers to provide insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting Secondary English teachers. The book brings together key extracts from classic and contemporary...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
13. Learning about Language

    Activities for the Primary Classroom

    By John Foster

    Bringing a fresh and lively approach to language study, Learning about Language is an exciting collection of fun, creative activities and warm-up games that explore the multifaceted nature of the English language. For use in any primary classroom, this book will help develop the pupil’s knowledge...

    Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
14. Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatre

    Practical Projects for Secondary Schools, 2nd Edition

    By Martin Lewis, John Rainer

    This revised and updated edition of Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatre will be an essential text for anyone teaching drama in the modern classroom. It presents a model teachers can use to draw together different methodologies of drama and theatre studies, exemplified by a series of contemporary,...

    Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
15. How to be a Brilliant English Teacher

    2nd Edition

    By Trevor Wright

    Now in its second edition, Trevor Wright’s hugely popular How to be a Brilliant English Teacher is packed with practical advice drawn from his extensive and successful experience as an English teacher, examiner and teacher trainer. This accessible and readable guide offers sound theoretical...

    Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
16. Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards

    A Literacy Practices Approach for 6-12 Classrooms

    By Richard Beach, Amanda Haertling Thein, Allen Webb

    As the new English Language Arts Common Core State Standards take hold across the United States, the need grows for pre-service and in-service teachers to be ready to develop curriculum and instruction that addresses their requirements. This timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive text directly meets...

    Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
17. Hit the Headlines

    Exciting journalism activities for improving writing and thinking skills

    By Colin Macfarlane

    Hit the Headlines charts out a series of fun and inspiring, cross-curricular journalism workshops that enhance key skills and confidence in areas such as: Writing and editing. Critical assessment. Interviewing and observation. Mental flexibility and resourcefulness. Role-playing and...

    Published May 6th 2012 by Routledge
18. Creativity and Learning in Secondary English

    Teaching for a creative classroom

    By Andrew McCallum

    Creativity in secondary English lessons today is a democratically conceived quality that all pupils are expected to achieve and a resource on which all are entitled to draw. But what exactly is creativity? And how does it relate to English? Creativity and Learning in Secondary English answers these...

    Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
19. The Essential Charles Dickens School Resource

    Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Classic Texts Ages 7-14

    By Gill Robins, Laura-Jane Evans-Jones

    Charles Dickens is arguably the greatest storyteller in English Literature and his novels have been loved and respected for nearly two hundred years. As accurate reflections of Victorian society they are unparalleled. Vivid characters and realistic settings are created in the mind of the reader,...

    Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
20. Using Comic Art to Improve Speaking, Reading and Writing

    By Steve Bowkett

    Using Comic Art to Improve Speaking, Reading and Writing uses children’s interest in pictures, comics and graphic novels as a way of developing their creative writing abilities, reading skills and oracy. The book’s underpinning strategy is the use of comic art images as a visual analogue to help...

    Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge