Record Number |
21406 |
ISBN |
9780367553364 |
Location |
428 PRA |
Title |
A practical guide to teaching English in the secondary school / edited by Annabel Watson and Ruth Newman. |
Edition |
2nd edition. |
Published |
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge Books, 2022. |
Collation |
214 pages ; 29 cm |
Content types |
text |
Carrier type |
volume |
Series |
Routledge teaching guides |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents Note |
The English curriculum in context: a conversation through time / Lorna Smith -- The English curriculum in context : a conversation through time / Ruth Newman -- Sharing a class reader / Lorna Smith and Lucy Kelly -- Talk about texts : discussion of literature in the English classroom / John Gordon -- Reading comprehension / Julia Sutherland and Jo Westbrook -- Teaching the process of writing / Debra Myhill -- Creative grammar for creative teachers / Debra Myhill -- Reading and writing poetry / Annabel Watson and Rhian Mulligan -- Teaching non-fiction reading and writing / Sharon Morgan -- Shakespeare / Susan Chapman -- Teaching plays / Judith Kneen -- Drama in English / Helena Thomas -- Storytelling, myths and legends / Joan Foley -- Media in English / Rachel Roberts -- Digital and multimodal writing / Andrew McCallum -- Post-16 literature / Barbara Bleiman -- Post-16 language / Angela Goddard -- English across the curriculum / Judith Kneen -- Writing wellbeing : using reflective diary-writing to support English teacher wellbeing / Lucy Kelly. |
Summary Note |
"A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School offers straightforward advice, inspiration and a wide range of tried and tested approaches to help you find success in the secondary English classroom. Covering all aspects of English teaching, it is designed for you to dip in and out of, and enable you to focus on specific areas of teaching, your programme or pupils' learning. Fully updated to reflect what student and early career teachers see and experience when they enter the classroom, the second edition supports trainee and practicing teachers to teach in imaginative and creative ways to promote learning in English. Packed with ideas, resources, practical teaching activities and underpinned by the latest research into how children learn, the book examines the core areas of reading, writing and spoken English including: Plays, poetry, non-fiction, myths and legends, drama and Shakespeare; Developing writing; Creative grammar; Talk and classroom dialogue; Media and digital writing; English across the curriculum; Wellbeing through writing; Literature and language post 16. Including tools to support critical reflection, A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School is an essential companion for all training and newly qualified English teachers"-- |
Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Great Britain |
English literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Great Britain |
Education, Secondary -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain |
Curriculum planning -- Great Britain |
Added Name |
Watson, Annabel,(editor). |
Newman, Ruth(Ruth Malka Charlotte),(editor). |