English Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-To-Use Techniques & Materials for Grades 7-12

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Mary Lou Brandvik was graduated summa cum laude from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, with a B.A. in English and art.  She also earned a Masters degree from the University of Illinois.  Ms. Brandvik has taught in public schools in Illinois and Minnesota, as well as at Bemidji State University in Minnesota.  She was named the 1988 Teacher of the Year of the Bemidji Public Schools and in 1991 received the Lila B. Wallace Teacher-Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the humanities.  She is also the author of Writing Process Activities Kit published by The Center for Applied Research in Education.

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For both new and experienced English teachers, grades 7-12, 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 excitements 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 far 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.

In addition to scores of specific ideas for writing and reading activities, the Guide includes:

• Techniques for integrating the teaching of speaking, listening, writing, and literature,
• A plan for managing and monitoring cooperative leaning activities form 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 disabled students who are mainstreamed into your classroom.

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 cause yu to become a teacher!