Getting the Buggers
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Written by the best-selling author of "Starting Teaching" and "Getting the Buggers to Behave", this practical guide shows readers how to develop effective strategies for developing children's writing in the classroom. Sue Cowley guides teachers through all stages of the process from motivating pupils to write through to helping them shape, structure and correct their work. Topics include: exams and assessment; spelling; punctuation; grammar; handwriting; drafting; marking; e-mail and the internet; text messages; curriculum vitae; gifted students; and students with special educational needs.
This book gives you advice on behaviour management that is easily accessible and equally easy to apply. After all how many of us, snowed under with reports to write and lessons to plan, have time to wade through endless theory? It provides plenty of information on the basic of behaviour management, lots of tips for controlling your classes, and ideas for managing the physical aspects of the classroom environment. The ideas and advice given are based on common sense observations and strategies that have worked for the author.
A fully updated second edition of Sue Cowley's wonderfully accessible guide to helping teachers develop writing strategies for children in the classroom. This new edition contains three new chapters: two on writing in primary and secondary schools and a third on developing writing strategies in different subjects. Written with her usual practicality, humour and optimism, Sue Cowley guides colleagues through all the stages of teaching writing - from motivating students to want to write through helping them shape, structure and correct their work.
'Within this book you'll find lots of information, ideas and approaches to help you develop your students' thinking skills. As with all my books, my aim here is to give you practical strategies for developing these skills, ones that you can actually put directly into use in your classroom. As well as offering you suggestions for exercises and activities, I also cover the organizational aspects of teaching thinking in a classroom setting. The advice that I give will be applicable to teachers' right across the primary and secondary spectrum, and for those who are working in all different areas of the curriculum.' - Sue Cowley. The new edition of the best-selling book contains a brand new chapter which features the best readers' suggestions on Getting the Buggers to Think.
This wonderfully accessible and practical guide provides a range of effective strategies for teaching drama. Written with her usual practicality, humour and optimism, Sue Cowley demonstrates how drama can make lessons across the curriculum more interesting and engaging. This fascinating guide is aimed both at the specialist drama teacher and at those who are interested in using drama to help them deliver other areas of the curriculum. It will also be particularly helpful to staff at primary level who have found themselves lumbered with "putting on the school play"!