The English Teacher's Survival Guide (eBook)

Ready-To-Use Techniques and Materials for Grades 7-12

Mary Lou Brandvik, Katherine S. McKnight (Autoren)

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2011 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-00135-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Problem-solving techniques for all aspects of the English teacher's job

This unique time-saving book is packed with tested techniques and materials to assist new and experienced English teachers with virtually every phase of their job from lesson planning to effective discipline techniques. The book includes 175 easy-to-understand strategies, lessons, checklists, and forms for effective classroom management and over 50 reproducible samples teachers can adopt immediately for planning, evaluation, or assignments. It is filled with creative and functional ideas for reading response activities, writing assignments, group and individual projects, and speeches.

• Offers instructions for creating and implementing an effective classroom-wide behavior management program
• Shows how to practice the art of teaching English effectively and reduce time on labor intensive tasks
• Reveals how to work effectively with parents, colleagues, substitute teachers, administrators, and community resources

The second edition includes coverage of technology in the classroom, advice for working with reluctant readers, a wealth of sample teaching units and more.

Mary Lou Brandvik, a former Teacher of the Year, has taught English in public schools and at the university level. In 1991 she received the Lila B. Wallace Teacher-Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her previous books include Writing Process Activities Kit.

Katherine S. McKnight, Ph.D. has been a literacy educator for over 20 years. A former high school English teacher, she is currently associate professor of secondary education at National-Louis University and a national consultant for National Council of Teachers of English. She is the author of The Teacher's Big Book of Graphic Organizers, also from Jossey-Bass.

Inhalt

The ENGLISH TEACHER’S SURVIVAL GUIDE 7
Contents 9
About This Resource 15
About the Authors 17
1 BEGINNING THE SCHOOL YEAR 19
Designing a Lesson for Day One 20
Learning Still More About Your Students 25
Helping Students Know One Another 33
2 MANAGING YOUR CLASSROOM 35
Arranging the Room 35
Planning for Books, Paper, and Equipment 39
Planning an Efficient Classroom 42
Devising a Fair Grading System 52
3 CREATING A MASTER PLAN, INDIVIDUAL UNITS, AND DAILY LESSONS 61
Designing a Year-Long Course 62
Planning Teaching Units 63
Creating Daily Lesson Plans 64
Team Planning and Teaching 71
Planning for English Language Learners 75
Planning for Students with Special Needs in an Inclusive Classroom 76
Mechanics 79
4 DESIGNING, MONITORING, AND GRADING COOPERATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES 83
Designing Group Activities 84
Monitoring Cooperative Group Work 86
Grading Cooperative Group Projects 96
5 TEACHING WRITING 107
Teaching the Writing Process 108
Managing Your Writing Classroom 109
Using Mini-Lessons 136
Sharing Student Writing: Presenting and Publishing 148
Evaluating and Grading Student Writing 149
Designing Assignments for a Variety of Formats 162
6 TEACHING READING AND LITERATURE 177
Approaches to the Teaching of Literature 178
Selecting Texts for Student Readers 185
Planning for Readers’ Responses 196
Evaluation, Testing, and Grading 219
During and After Reading: Reader’s Theater 220
7 TEACHING LISTENING AND SPEAKING 227
Teaching Listening 228
Conversing with One Person 231
Conversing in Small Groups 233
Conversing in Large Groups 239
Presenting Individual Speeches 240
8 USING TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM 247
What Is Media Literacy? 248
Twenty-First-Century Literacies 248
Encouraging Responsible Use of Computers and the Internet 248
Types of Media 250
Re-creating Media Literacy 257
Advice for Getting Started 257
9 WORKING WITH OTHERS 263
Working with Parents 264
Working with Teachers and Administrators 271
Working with Community Resources 275
10 AVOIDING BURNOUT AND BECOMING A MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHER 277
Staying Healthy and Fit 278
Becoming a More Effective Teacher 280
APPENDIX A SAMPLE UNIT PLANS 287
Themes in African American Literature 287
Discovering My Identity 298
Focus on Poetry and the Personal Memoir 299
Introducing Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Graphic Novel 304
APPENDIX B TWENTY ASSESSMENT SUGGESTIONS 305
APPENDIX C STRATEGIES FOR DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 309
APPENDIX D YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE TITLES 313
APPENDIX E RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS 323
References 327
Index 331

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.9.2011
• Reihe/Serie: J-B Ed: Survival Guides
• Reihe/Serie: J-B Ed: Survival Guides
• Reihe/Serie: J-B Ed: Survival Guides
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
• Schlagworte: Bildungswesen • Education • Lehrpläne / Schreiben • Lehrpläne / Schreiben • Lese- u. Schreibfähigkeit • Lese- u. Schreibfähigkeit • Literacy & Reading • time-saver for English teachers, suggestions for English teachers, classroom strategies for English teachers, lessons for English teachers, techniques for English teachers, English writing assignments, checklists for English teachers, planning for English teachers, evaluation for English teachers, assignments for English teachers, projects for English teachers, classroom discipline for English teachers • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-118-00135-4 / 1118001354
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-00135-6 / 9781118001356