Contents -- 1 Introduction: The highs and lows of being an English teacher -- 2 Planning outstanding English lessons -- Principles for effective planning -- Long-term planning -- Medium-term planning -- Short-term planning -- Emergency planning -- Being organised with your planning -- Joint planning -- Sourcing resources -- Creative planning -- Personalising your planning -- 3 Teaching outstanding English lessons -- Principles for effective teaching -- Organising the learning environment -- Effective classroom interaction -- Making the most of lesson time -- Engaging students -- Effective lesson progression and transitions -- Promoting active learning -- Promoting thinking and independent learning -- 4 Developing outstanding assessment practices in English -- Principles for effective assessment -- Organising and planning assessment opportunities -- Making marking manageable and useful -- Target setting -- Involving students with assessment -- Involving parents with assessment -- Recording assessment outcomes -- 5 Tool kit for teaching speaking and listening -- Principles for effective speaking and listening -- Capitalising on talk in the classroom -- Individual presentations -- Group activities -- Drama-based tasks -- Assessing speaking and listening -- 6 Tool kit for teaching reading -- Principles for effective reading -- Comprehension skills -- Non-fiction -- The Media -- Poetry -- Prose -- Essay writing -- Exploring context -- 7 Tool kit for teaching writing -- Principles for effective writing -- Preparing for independent writing -- Sentence structure and punctuation -- Composition and effect -- Text organisation -- Spelling strategies -- Teaching the writing triplets -- 8 Being a highly organized and efficient English teacher -- Principles for effective organisation -- Managing time -- Managing tasks -- Managing marking and paperwork.

Managing stress -- Organising resources -- Making the most of ICT -- 9 Being reflective and developing your practice -- Principles for effective continual professional development -- Evaluating lessons -- Professional development -- Sharing and developing excellent practice -- Developing your career -- 10 Organising English enrichment opportunities -- The importance of developing English skills outside of the classroom -- Having time for a life outside school -- Resources -- Index -- A -- C -- D -- E -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W.