Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Frankenstein is e**verything you need to teach Mary Shelley's seminal text, perfect for GCSE and A Level students.**Introduce your students to the seminal world of Frankenstein with this exciting, research-informed teaching guide, and offering new insights into the text, including stylistic and linguistic approaches, use of the Gothic genre and feminist readings of the text. Each chapter contains:- key plot points...

'Clever, comprehensive and current... a book I'll be returning to again and again.' Stuart Pryke'Every English teacher will get huge value from this timely book.' Alex QuigleyThe ultimate guide to teaching English in a secondary school, this book supports you on your journey from trainee to head of department – and everything in-between. Succeeding as an English Teacher provides practical guidance in an accessible format to help yo...

Making Every English Lesson Count: Six Principles to Support Great Reading and Writing goes in search of answers to the fundamental question that all English teachers must ask: 'What can I do to help my students to become confident and competent readers and writers?' Writing in the practical, engaging style of the award-winning Making Every Lesson Count, Andy Tharby returns with an offering of gimmick-free advice that combines the time-honoured wisdom of excellent English teachers with the...

Inspiring Writing through Drama offers interactive, high-quality drama schemes that will motivate andinspire students aged 7-16 to write for a range of purposes and audiences. Each drama unit offers: � A planning grid flagging the writingopportunities within the drama� Original resources, such as poems, text messagesand fragments of graffiti� Individual, group and whole-class writingopportunities, some teacher-led and others guided by the students� Icons to sign...

Shortlisted for the UKLA Academic Book Award 2013!Literacy empowers learning across the whole curriculum and language is at the centre of all learning in primary education.Aware of current curriculum developments and drawing from the latest research Teaching Primary English encourages teacher education students to develop a deeper understanding of the essential issues involved in teaching English in order to approach a career in the primary classroom with t...

′Geoff Dean′s English for Gifted and Talented Students 11-18 is a principled and pragmatic book that will provide Heads of Department with a foundation in this important area of curriculum development′ - English Drama Media′The really surprising thing about Geoff Dean′s book is that you come away from it with more than you expected....[This] book shows the English teacher how to plan for and deliver those life-changing moments in the classroom′ - G & T Update

Despite the efforts of teachers and educators, every year secondary schools across the English-speaking world turn out millions of functionally illiterate leavers. The costs in human misery and in wasted productivity are catastrophic. What can schools do to prevent this situation? In this highly accessible book James and Dianne Murphy combine more than 50 years of experience to provide teachers with a thorough, easy to use introduction to the extensive research on reading and its effects o...

This book supports trainee teachers working towards primary QTS in teaching primary English across all areas of the curriculum.Focused on teaching a more integrated and inclusive curriculum, this text draws out meaningful cross curriculur links and explores how the teaching of English can take place across the whole curriculum. It examines how a teacher′s effective use of English is essential in supporting learning in all subjects and considers the role of the teacher in promoting ...

Reflective practice is at the heart of effective teaching, and this book helps you develop into a reflective teacher of English. Everything you need is here: guidance on developing your analysis and self-evaluation skills, the knowledge of what you are trying to achieve and why, and examples of how experienced teachers deliver successful lessons.The book shows you how to plan lessons, how to make good use of resources and how to assess pupils′ progress effectively. Each chapter con...

To master the teaching of writing at greater depth, teachers first need to know:*What makes writing ′greater depth′?*What does it looks like?*How do I support children to develop the skills and creativity to be able to write at ′greater depth′?Official guidance lacks the substance and clarity that is needed so where do teachers go for support?This book provides teachers with support, guidance, background theory, examples and practical advice for the tea...

Mastering Primary English introduces the primary English curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make English learning irresistible.Topics covered include:· Current developments in English· English as an irresistible activity· English as a practical activity· Skills to develop in English· Promoting curiosity· Assessing children in English· Practical issuesThis gui...

What do I need know about English to teach it effectively in primary school?;How do children learn English?;How do I teach it?What does a good primary English lesson look like?This is the ultimate guide for primary trainee teachers grappling with these questions. A comprehensive text supporting you to teach the National Curriculum for primary English, it covers both subject knowledge and teaching theory and practice.This new edition includes an updated ...