The English teacher's survival guide : ready-to-use techniques & materials for grades 7-12 / Mary Lou Brandvik, Katherine S. McKnight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brandvik, Mary Lou.

Contributor:

McKnight, Katherine S. (Katherine Siewert)

Series:

Jossey-Bass teacher.

Jossey-Bass teacher survival guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Secondary)--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Language arts (Secondary).

High school teaching--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

High school teaching.

Classroom management--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Classroom management.

English teachers--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

English teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

English teacher's survival guide : ready-to-use techniques and materials for grades 7-12

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 activ

Contents:

The ENGLISH TEACHER'S SURVIVAL GUIDE; Contents; About This Resource; About the Authors; 1 BEGINNING THE SCHOOL YEAR; Designing a Lesson for Day One; Learning Still More About Your Students; Helping Students Know One Another; 2 MANAGING YOUR CLASSROOM; Arranging the Room; Planning for Books, Paper, and Equipment; Planning an Efficient Classroom; Devising a Fair Grading System; 3 CREATING A MASTER PLAN, INDIVIDUAL UNITS, AND DAILY LESSONS; Designing a Year-Long Course; Planning Teaching Units; Creating Daily Lesson Plans; Team Planning and Teaching; Planning for English Language Learners

Planning for Students with Special Needs in an Inclusive ClassroomMechanics; 4 DESIGNING, MONITORING, AND GRADING COOPERATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES; Designing Group Activities; Monitoring Cooperative Group Work; Grading Cooperative Group Projects; 5 TEACHING WRITING; Teaching the Writing Process; Managing Your Writing Classroom; Using Mini-Lessons; Sharing Student Writing: Presenting and Publishing; Evaluating and Grading Student Writing; Designing Assignments for a Variety of Formats; 6 TEACHING READING AND LITERATURE; Approaches to the Teaching of Literature

Selecting Texts for Student ReadersPlanning for Readers' Responses; Evaluation, Testing, and Grading; During and After Reading: Reader's Theater; 7 TEACHING LISTENING AND SPEAKING; Teaching Listening; Conversing with One Person; Conversing in Small Groups; Conversing in Large Groups; Presenting Individual Speeches; 8 USING TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM; What Is Media Literacy?; Twenty-First-Century Literacies; Encouraging Responsible Use of Computers and the Internet; Types of Media; Re-creating Media Literacy; Advice for Getting Started; 9 WORKING WITH OTHERS; Working with Parents

Working with Teachers and AdministratorsWorking with Community Resources; 10 AVOIDING BURNOUT AND BECOMING A MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHER; Staying Healthy and Fit; Becoming a More Effective Teacher; APPENDIX A SAMPLE UNIT PLANS; Themes in African American Literature; Discovering My Identity; Focus on Poetry and the Personal Memoir; Introducing Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Graphic Novel; APPENDIX B TWENTY ASSESSMENT SUGGESTIONS; APPENDIX C STRATEGIES FOR DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION; APPENDIX D YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE TITLES; APPENDIX E RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118001370

1118001370

9781283917742

1283917742

9781118001356

1118001354

OCLC:

708327218