English Teacher’s Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Techniques & Materials for Grades 7-12
By Mary Lou Brandvik
Book Description
For both new and experienced English teachers, grades 7 through 12, here is a unique time-saver and problem-solver packed with tested techniques and materials to assist you in virtually every aspect of your job, from dealing with discipline problems and handling paperwork, to teaching the writing process. Included are 175 easy-to-use strategies, lessons, and checklists for effective classroom management, and over 50 reproducible samples that you can adopt immediately for planning, evaluation, or assignments. The Guide helps you create a classroom that reflects the excitement for learning that every English teacher desires.
From the Back Cover
For both new and experienced English teachers, grades 7 through 12, here is a unique time-saver and problem-solver packed with tested techniques and materials to assist you in virtually every aspect of your job, from dealing with discipline problems and handling paperwork, to teaching the writing process.
Included are 175 easy-to-use strategies, lessons, and checklists for effective classroom management, and over 50 reproducible samples that you can adopt immediately for planning, evaluation, or assignments. The Guide helps you create a classroom that reflects the excitement for learning that every English teacher desires.
It will also show you how to practice the art of teaching English effectively and leave labor-intensive ways behind by…devising a fair grading system…creating a positive design for discipline…delegating tasks to students that can become learning experiences for them and time savers for you…arranging the room for efficient classroom management…and more.
For your convenience, the materials are printed in a big 8-1/4″ x 11″ lay-flat binding for easy photocopying. In addition to scores of specific activities for reading and writing activities, the Guide includes:
- techniques for integrating the teaching of speaking, listening, writing, and literature,
- a plan for managing and monitoring cooperative learning activities from determining group size to evaluating group work and grading projects,
- steps for creating a master plan, individual units and daily lessons with guidance on team teaching, and
- advice on how to reach the learning diabled students who are mainstreamed into your classroom
For both new and experienced English teachers, grades 7 through 12, here is a unique time-saver and problem-solver packed with tested techniques and materials to assist you in virtually every aspect of your job, from dealing with discipline problems and handling paperwork, to teaching the writing process.
Included are 175 easy-to-use strategies, lessons, and checklists for effective classroom management, and over 50 reproducible samples that you can adopt immediately for planning, evaluation, or assignments. The Guide helps you create a classroom that reflects the excitement for learning that every English teacher desires.
It will also show you how to practice the art of teaching English effectively and leave labor-intensive ways behind by…devising a fair grading system…creating a positive design for discipline…delegating tasks to students that can become learning experiences for them and time savers for you…arranging the room for efficient classroom management…and more.
For your convenience, the materials are printed in a big 8-1/4″ x 11″ lay-flat binding for easy photocopying. In addition to scores of specific activities for reading and writing activities, the Guide includes:
With this resource you will gain the perspective of a master teacher in working with students as well as others— parents, colleagues, substitute teachers, administrators, and community resources— and regain or maintain the idealism that originally caused you to become a teacher.
More Details
- Paperback: 246 pages
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (June 19, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0130456810
- ISBN-13: 978-0130456816
- Price: $23.36
As a first year teacher, this book saved my life on more than one occasion. Like most new teachers, I had been taught a great deal of educational theory, but was given very little practical advice about arranging my classroom, managing my class space, and making lesson plans. Brandvik’s book provides a ton of useful suggestions and ideas that can be put to use in any classroom. I highly recommend this book to any teacher, from those in their first year who are hungry for new ideas to those who have been in the profession a while and want to rejuvinate their methods.
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