Secondary starters and plenaries [electronic resource] . English : ready-to-use activities for teaching English / by Johnnie Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Johnnie.

Series:

Classroom Starters and Plenaries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary).

English language.

English literature--Study and teaching (Secondary).

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides English teachers with 50 cohesive suggestions for embedding and extending learning in the classroom: from individual to whole-class activities, and from the energetic to the sedate, all with realistic timings for each. Even better, every starter and plenary contains an 'ideas generator', making it easily-adaptable for the whole ability range of your class and keeping it fresh for you to use, and there are PowerPoints, task sheets and other time-saving resources online. The book covers the whole spectrum of topics that every English teacher needs to cover, and makes use of

Contents:

FC; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Section 1 Writing ; Starter: A world of vocabulary ; Plenary: Reflecting on the vocabulary they have learnt ; Starter: Writing to imagine ; Plenary: Reflecting on writing to imagine ; Starter: Writing to argue and persuade; Plenary: Reflecting on writing to argue and persuade; Starter: Writing to advise ; Plenary: Reflecting on writing to advise ; Starter: Writing to describe ; Plenary: Reflecting on writing to describe ; Starter: Writing diaries to explore characters in literature

Plenary: Applying writing diaries to explore specific literature Section 2: Reading prose fiction ; Starter: Understanding character; Plenary: Applying the understanding of character ; Starter: Looking at types of genres; Plenary: Consolidating work on genre; Starter: The narrator; Plenary: Reflecting on narration; Starter: Setting, atmosphere and mood; Plenary: Fun with setting, atmosphere and mood; Starter: Plot and story; Plenary: Playing with the plot; Starter: Exploring theme; Plenary: Theme bingo ; Section 3: Reading fiction, poetry and drama; Starter: Exploring rhyme

Plenary: The rhyme quiz Starter: Pictures in the mind: imagery; Plenary: Image response form ; Starter: Similes work so well ; Plenary: Reflecting on similes ; Starter: The power of metaphor ; Plenary: Reflecting on metaphor ; Starter: Exploring dialogue ; Plenary: Using dialogue ; Starter: Using stagecraft ; Plenary: Reflecting on stagecraft ; Section 4: Reading and writing: non-fiction ; Starter: Summary skills and note taking ; Plenary: Using various types of notes ; Starter: Varieties of non-fiction texts ; Plenary: Reflecting on variety of non-fiction texts

Starter: Features of non-fiction: auction entry forms Plenary: Reflecting on the features of non-fiction: the auction ; Starter: Fact or opinion ; Plenary: Reviewing fact or opinion ; Section 5: Speaking and listening ; Starter: Top tips for presentation ; Plenary: Using the best tips; Starter: Body language games; Plenary: Reviewing body language ; Starter: Preparation for the debate; Plenary: How could we do better?

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4411-9832-6

OCLC:

880826944