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

by Mary Lou Brandvik

• ISBN13: 9780130456816
• ISBN10: 0130456810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

For both new and experienced English teachers, grades 7 through 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. TheGuide helps you create a classroom that reflects the excitement for learning that every English teacher desires.

Author Biography

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 Pubic 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.

Table of Contents

About This Resource	v
Beginning the School Year	1	(18)
Designing a Lesson for Day One	3	(3)
Learning Still More About Your Students	6	(10)
Helping Students to Know One Another	16	(3)
Managing Your Classroom	19	(24)
Arranging the Room	20	(2)
Planning for Books, Paper, and Equipment	22	(3)
Planning an Efficient Classroom	25	(8)
Devising a Fair Grading System	33	(10)
Creating a Master Plan, Individual Units, and Daily Lessons	43	(18)
Designing a Year-long Course	44	(3)
Planning Teaching Units	47	(5)
Creating Daily Lesson Plans	52	(5)
Team Planning and Teaching	57	(1)
Planning for Mainstreamed Students	57	(4)
Designing, Monitoring, and Grading Cooperative Learning Activities	61	(25)
Designing Group Activities	62	(2)
Monitoring and Evaluating Cooperative Group Work	64	(11)
Grading Cooperative Group Projects	75	(11)
Teaching Writing	86	(65)
Teaching the Writing Process	88	(2)
Managing Your Writing Classroom	90	(27)
Using Mini-lessons	117	(6)
Sharing Student Writing: Presenting and Publishing	123	(2)
Evaluating and Grading Student Writing	125	(12)
Designing Assignments for a Variety of Formats	137	(14)
Teaching Reading and Literature	151	(42)
Approaches to the Teaching of Literature	152	(5)
Selecting Texts for Student Readers	157	(10)
Planning for Readers' Responses	167	(25)
Evaluating, Testing, and Grading	192	(1)
Teaching Listening and Speaking	193	(22)
Teaching Listening and Speaking	194	(3)
Conversing with One Person	197	(4)
Conversing in Small Groups	201	(4)
Conversing in Large Groups	205	(1)
Presenting Individual Speeches	206	(9)
Working with Others	215	(18)
Working with Parents	216	(10)
Working with Teachers and Administrators	226	(4)
Working with Community Resources	230	(3)
Avoiding Burnout: Becoming a More Effective Teacher	233	(10)
Staying Healthy and Fit	234	(2)
Becoming a More Effective Teacher	236	(7)
References	243