ABSTRACT

Now in its second edition, Trevor Wright’s hugely popular How to be a Brilliant English Teacher is packed with practical advice drawn from his extensive and successful experience as an English teacher, examiner and teacher trainer. This accessible and readable guide offers sound theoretical principles with exciting practical suggestions for the classroom.

Fully updated to include a new expanded section on differentiation and inclusion, as well as covering new material on behaviour management and teaching poetry for enjoyment and personal response, this book tackles other tricky areas such as:

  • Starting with Shakespeare
  • Effective planning and assessment
  • Learning to love objectives
  • Working small texts and big texts
  • Drama.

Trainee teachers will find support and inspiration in this book and practising English teachers can use it as an empowering self-help guide for improving their skills. Trevor Wright addresses many of the anxieties that English teachers face, offering focused and realistic solutions.

chapter 1|15 pages

Shakespeare

First contact

chapter 2|16 pages

Planning

The third element

chapter 3|13 pages

Learning to love objectives

chapter 4|27 pages

Poetry, texts and pupil responses

chapter 5|21 pages

Managing learning, managing classrooms

chapter 6|10 pages

Evaluation

chapter 7|30 pages

Planning, curriculums and frameworks

chapter 8|20 pages

Working with big texts

chapter 9|39 pages

Drama

Mandie Wright

chapter 10|16 pages

Differentiation and inclusion