
101 Essential Lists for Secondary Teachers
Lists range from planning lessons and managing behaviour to continuing professional development and moving upwards and onwards.

Never let me go
Please note: This book publishes 30th September 2016 This Study and Revise guide: – Increases students’ knowledge of Never Let Me Go as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners – Develops understanding of plot, characterisation, themes and language, equipping students with a rich bank of textual […]

Philip Allan Literature Guides (for GCSE) Teacher Resource Pack: To Kill a Mockingbird (Philip Allan Literature Guide (for GCSE))
The To Kill a Mockingbird Philip Allan Literature Guide Teacher Resource Pack provides teachers with all the support they need to teach To Kill a Mockingbird in the context of the new GCSE English Literature specifications. This classroom-based resource is for use throughout the GCSE course to help consolidate students’ knowledge, learning and appreciation of […]

The Teaching Assistant’s Guide to Literacy
This practical guide gives TAs useful advice on: the role of literacy in the classrooms; advice on developing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills; and, using various strategies to help build pupils’ confidence. Each chapter contains checklists for TAs to record their progress and real life case studies for the TA to learn from.

Encouraging Reading (Ideas in Action)
Reading is an essential life skill; it can raise intelligence and develop confidence in learning. Susan Elkin’s handy, introductory guide outlines teaching concepts and practical strategies to encourage reading both in and out of the classroom. The topics covered include: creative suggestions to encourage reading in all age groups; ideas to support reading for pleasure […]

The CPD Pocketbook (Teachers’ Pocketbooks)
This extensively illustrated “CPD Pocketbook” offers teachers a guide to the wealth of learning opportunities available. It gives information and advice on, for instance, lesson observation, mentoring, school-based research, distance learning, links with other schools and with teacher training establishments, formal and informal work with colleagues, international opportunities, exhibitions, traditional courses, workshops, INSET days, sabbaticals. […]

Unlocking the Reader in Every Child: The book of practical ideas for teaching reading (Professional Development in Literacy)
Part of Ransom’s new range of books for teachers and specialists. Unlocking the Reader in Every Child is a combined guide and toolkit. The book provides a basic, quick-to-read guide to teaching reading, drawing on best practice over the years and avoiding here today, gone tomorrow fashions. Topics include: building phonological awareness; turning decoders into […]