English Teacher’s Handbook

Cover Page......Page 1
Title: The English Teacher's Handbook......Page 4
ISBN 9781847060723......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
1 Introduction: The highs and lows of being an English teacher......Page 10
Principles for effective planning......Page 14
Long-term planning......Page 19
Medium-term planning......Page 21
Short-term planning......Page 24
Emergency planning......Page 26
Being organised with your planning......Page 29
Joint planning......Page 31
Sourcing resources......Page 33
Creative planning......Page 34
Personalising your planning......Page 37
Principles for effective teaching......Page 40
Organising the learning environment......Page 43
Effective classroom interaction......Page 47
Making the most of lesson time......Page 51
Engaging students......Page 54
Effective lesson progression and transitions......Page 57
Promoting active learning......Page 59
Promoting thinking and independent learning......Page 60
Principles for effective assessment......Page 64
Organising and planning assessment opportunities......Page 66
Making marking manageable and useful......Page 69
Target setting......Page 70
Involving students with assessment......Page 71
Involving parents with assessment......Page 72
Recording assessment outcomes......Page 74
Principles for effective speaking and listening......Page 78
Capitalising on talk in the classroom......Page 80
Individual presentations......Page 81
Group activities......Page 83
Drama-based tasks......Page 85
Assessing speaking and listening......Page 86
Principles for effective reading......Page 88
Comprehension skills......Page 90
Non-fiction......Page 92
The Media......Page 93
Poetry......Page 94
Prose......Page 98
Essay writing......Page 102
Exploring context......Page 106
Principles for effective writing......Page 108
Preparing for independent writing......Page 110
Sentence structure and punctuation......Page 111
Composition and effect......Page 112
Text organisation......Page 114
Spelling strategies......Page 116
Teaching the writing triplets......Page 118
Principles for effective organisation......Page 120
Managing time......Page 121
Managing tasks......Page 125
Managing marking and paperwork......Page 126
Managing stress......Page 128
Making the most of ICT......Page 131
Principles for effective continual professional development......Page 134
Evaluating lessons......Page 135
Professional development......Page 136
Sharing and developing excellent practice......Page 137
Developing your career......Page 139
The importance of developing English skills outside of the classroom......Page 142
Having time for a life outside school......Page 145
Resources......Page 146
P......Page 170
W......Page 171