The Writing Teacher's Companion

The Writing Teacher's Companion
Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Scholastic Professional
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-06-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781338148046

This warm and practical guidebook by celebrated author and educator Ralph Fletcher demystifies the teaching of writing and shows how to engage every student.

The English Teacher's Companion

The English Teacher's Companion
Author: Jim Burke
Publisher: Boynton/Cook
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Teachers and teacher educators asked for: the latest research on literacy more information about national standards ways to consider gender in instruction advice for teaching Advanced Placement classes ideas for teaching media literacy and incorporating technology effectively into instruction even more resources for mentoring new teachers analysis of how trends in society, culture, and politics impact teachers and their classrooms. And Jim delivers. He has revamped his introductory chapters on literacy learning to include up-to-the-minute thinking from the field, and he has incorporated lists of key standards and helpful suggestions for reaching them. His practical strategies turn recent findings on literacy and gender into well-designed, research-based instruction, and his ideas help you meet the very different needs of AP students by understanding their goals and providing them with appropriate challenges.

The English Teacher's Companion

The English Teacher's Companion
Author: Jim Burke
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This book covers the entire English curriculum, from basic reading and writing to digital literacy, media literacy, and integrated instruction.

Your Teacher Training Handbook

Your Teacher Training Handbook
Author: Jim McGrath
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317861116

Your Teacher Training Skills Handbook will support you throughout your teacher training course, helping you develop both the academic and practical teaching skills required to achieve QTS with confidence. Written in a conversational style and following the progress of a fictional trainee teacher, Alex, use this book to not only develop your own skills, but to think about how you can pass those skills on to your learners.

The New Teacher's Companion

The New Teacher's Companion
Author: Gini Cunningham
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416608826

Advice for new teacher excellence, including guidance on classroom management.

Explore Poetry

Explore Poetry
Author: Donald H. Graves
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1992
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This volume involves you in both the reading and writing of poetry for yourself and your students.

The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing

The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing
Author: David Morley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012-02-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107494370

Creative writing has become a highly professionalised academic discipline, with popular courses and prestigious degree programmes worldwide. This book is a must for all students and teachers of creative writing, indeed for anyone who aspires to be a published writer. It engages with a complex art in an accessible manner, addressing concepts important to the rapidly growing field of creative writing, while maintaining a strong craft emphasis, analysing exemplary models of writing and providing related writing exercises. Written by professional writers and teachers of writing, the chapters deal with specific genres or forms - ranging from the novel to new media - or with significant topics that explore the cutting edge state of creative writing internationally (including creative writing and science, contemporary publishing and new workshop approaches).

The Guided Reading Teacher's Companion

The Guided Reading Teacher's Companion
Author: Jan Richardson
Publisher: Scholastic Professional
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-07-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781338112269

In this convenient flip-chart guide, you can easily find prompts, discussion starters, and teaching points to use when you want students to process more effectively, think more deeply, and express their ideas more thoughtfully. The self-standing guide with sturdy pages makes it convenient to use while working with small groups. Instantly, you can use these tools as starting points for in-depth inquiry based on behaviors you're noticing in students. There are also recommendations on how to revise them as necessary to meet every reader's needs.

The Psychologist's Companion

The Psychologist's Companion
Author: Robert J. Sternberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-09-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1139490354

The Psychologist's Companion is intended for students as well as young professionals and writers at all stages of their careers seeking inspiration and guidelines for better scientific writing. This book is also a resource for researchers in related fields. It has been comprehensively updated, revised, and extended for its fifth edition and includes the latest style guidelines of the American Psychological Association's Publication Manual (sixth edition, 2009) as well as chapters encompassing the entire research process from doing literature research and planning an experiment to writing the paper. It features new chapters on literature research; ethics; and generating, evaluating, and selling ideas. The Psychologist's Companion also provides information on writing book proposals, grant proposals, and lectures.