100 ideas for primary teachers : literacy / Rob Smith, Katherine Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Rob, author.

Simpson, Katherine, author.

Series:

100 Ideas for Teachers Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Primary).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2018.

Summary:

This book provides a collection of 100 practical and creative ideas for teaching English to children, focusing on vocabulary, reading, grammar, writing, poetry, and the use of film and images in the classroom. Designed to inspire teachers and enhance learning experiences, it offers step-by-step guides, teaching tips, and extension possibilities for each activity. The book emphasizes adaptability, allowing educators to tailor the suggestions to their students' needs. It aims to foster enthusiasm, engagement, and confidence in English teaching through innovative and enjoyable approaches. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Series Title

Title

Imprint

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

How to use this book

Part 1: Word power

1 Word of the week/day

2 Improvement stations

3 Spelling games

4 Choosing appropriate language for effect

5 Teach vocabulary and be explicit

6 Vocabulary stations

7 Word games

8 Pre-teaching technical vocabulary

9 Vocabulary bingo

10 Shake and roll vocabulary activities

Part 2: Reading

11 Be a book expert

12 Creating a reading-rich environment

13 Guest readers

14 Early discussions

15 Scaffolding questioning

16 CSI - crime scene inference

17 Book ticking challenge

18 Reading scavenger hunt

19 Read all about it!

20 The restricted shelf

21 The mystery bookshelf

22 Fun reading games

Part 3: Building blocks

23 Teach grammar in context

24 Word class tennis

25 Getting to grips with nouns

26 What's my noun again?

27 'Guess Who' with expanded noun phrases

28 Accurate adjectives

29 Verbs - don't let them make you tense!

30 How, where and when?

31 Silly sentences - adverbs of frequency

32 Most bestest comparative and superlative adjectives

33 Cut and jumble

34 Prepositional phrases in disguise

35 Punctuation power - colons

36 Punctuation power - semicolons

37 Punctuation power - ellipses

38 Punctuation power - speech marks

39 Punctuation power - match and win

40 Synonym snowballs

41 5Ws fold down

Part 4: Writing

42 Thematic learning

43 Experience is key

44 Unusual narrative stimuli

45 Physical hooks to inspire writing

46 The crime scene

47 A walk in sound

48 Build a picture

49 Map out the story

50 Once upon a time . . . the art of the opening

51 Unpicking paragraphs to use as a model

52 Think it, stick it

53 Building narrative characters.

54 Hot seating v2.0

55 The role on the wall

56 Emojis in English

57 Break it down, build it up

58 Building action sequences

59 Add an adventure

60 Paired writing tasks

61 Walk and talk the story

62 Developing dialogue with graphic novels

63 Writing about the weather

64 Internal monologue

65 X factor sentences

66 Fairy tales reimagined

67 Writing historical narratives

68 Writing prequels

69 Epic endings

70 Shifts in formality

71 Summary headlines

72 Creating content for non-fiction writing

73 Writing instructions from fictional stimuli

74 Film for research

75 Inspiring explanation texts

76 Figurative language

77 Welsh train stations

Part 5: Poetry

78 Encouraging a poetry-rich environment

79 Writing short poems

80 Found poems

81 Spine poems

82 Performance poetry

83 Using ballads for narrative writing

84 Narrative poetry as a non-fiction stimulus

85 Nonsense poetry for grammar lessons

Part 6: Using film and image

86 Adding dialogue to films

87 Charting emotions - put yourself in their shoes

88 Film as a narrative scaffold

89 Scene by scene into sentences

90 Replicating camera angles in narrative writing

91 Zooming in and out

92 Mise-en-scène

93 One million* questions

94 Reciprocal viewing

95 Rehearsal of reading skills through film

96 The passing of time

97 Replacing the soundtrack

98 Show, don't tell - action and setting

99 Show, don't tell - characters' feelings

100 Meet the experts.

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ISBN:

1-4729-4885-8

OCLC:

1015886959