English Books

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21. Reconceptualizing the Literacies in Adolescents' Lives

    Bridging the Everyday/Academic Divide, Third Edition

    Edited by Donna E. Alvermann, Kathleen A. Hinchman

    Like previous editions, the third edition of Reconceptualizing the Literacies in Adolescents’ Lives invites middle- and high-school educators to move toward a broad, generative view of adolescent literacies. Recognizing that digital media, social networking phenomena are now central in adolescents’...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
22. Teaching Poetry

    Reading and responding to poetry in the secondary classroom

    By Amanda Naylor, Audrey Wood

    Teaching Poetry is an indispensible source of guidance, confidence and ideas for all those new to the secondary English classroom. Written by experienced teachers who have worked with the many secondary pupils who ‘don’t get’ poetry, this friendly guide will help you support pupils as they access,...

    Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
23. The Media Teacher's Handbook

    Edited by Elaine Scarratt, Jon Davison

    The Media Teacher’s Handbook is an indispensible guide for all teachers, both specialist and non-specialist, delivering Media Studies and media education in secondary schools and colleges. It is the first text to draw together the three key elements of secondary sector teaching in relation to...

    Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
24. Tricks of the Writer's Trade

    And how to teach them to children aged 8-14

    By Rick Vanes

    What links Cinderella to Harry Potter? What can The Simpsons teach us about character creation? What is the False Horizon moment? What are the two classic openings and five effective endings of a newspaper story? Aimed at primary and early secondary school teachers, Tricks of the Writer’s Trade...

    Published November 16th 2011 by Routledge
25. Teaching Secondary English as if the Planet Matters

    By Sasha Matthewman

    Series: Teaching... as if the Planet Matters

    ‘This is an important book for all concerned with the teaching and learning of English, exploring new and hugely significant areas in a scholarly, thought-provoking and eminently practical way.’ – David Stevens, University of Durham, UK Drawing together ideas from a range of disciplines in the...

    Published December 12th 2010 by Routledge
26. Debates in English Teaching

    Edited by Jon Davison, Caroline Daly, John Moss

    Series: Debates in Subject Teaching

    What are the key debates in English teaching today? Debates in English Teaching explores the major issues all English teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It engages with established and contemporary debates, promotes and supports critical reflection and aims to stimulate both...

    Published December 12th 2010 by Routledge
27. Storytelling and Imagination: Beyond Basic Literacy 8-14

    By Rob Parkinson

    Storytelling helps pupils develop a wide range of skills. Do they dream and fantasize? Do they lie, waffle and distract? These are not just bad habits but marvellous starting points for teaching an art that can help them to pass on experience, train and use imagination, develop language skills,...

    Published December 7th 2010 by Routledge
28. Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School ... English

    The Centrality of Language in Learning

    By David Stevens

    Series: Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning in...

    What is the role of the individual school 'subject' and 'subject teacher' within school? Is it to teach a set of core subject knowledge, skills and understanding in a way that remains faithful to long-standing subject cultures and pedagogies? Or is there another way to consider how the curriculum...

    Published October 21st 2010 by Routledge
29. Young Adult Literature and Adolescent Identity Across Cultures and Classrooms

    Contexts for the Literary Lives of Teens

    Edited by Janet Alsup

    Taking a critical, research-oriented perspective, this exploration of the theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical connections between the reading and teaching of young adult literature and adolescent identity development centers around three key questions: Who are the teens reading young adult...

    Published April 29th 2010 by Routledge
30. Beyond the Grammar Wars

    A Resource for Teachers and Students on Developing Language Knowledge in the English/Literacy Classroom

    Edited by Terry Locke

    Are there evidence-based answers to the broad question "What explicit knowledge about language in teachers and/or students appears to enhance literacy development in some way"? Distinguished by its global perspective, its currency, and its comprehensiveness, Beyond the Grammar Wars: provides an...

    Published March 23rd 2010 by Routledge