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English for Gifted and Talented Students 11-18 Years

$91.77  Softcover (inc CD)
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Geoff Dean

  • English for Gifted and Talented Students 11-18 Years

128 pages
Interest Age: 11 to 18
2008
ISBN: 9781412936057

Are you stuck for ways to stretch your best English students?

By focusing on what excites and motivates all learners, this book provides you with a clear guide to ensuring sound provision for your gifted and talented students.

Included is advice on:

  • how to identify more able students;
  • what to do to get other staff on board;
  • successful strategies for working with more able students;
  • using ICT effectively in lessons and activities;
  • how to measure students' progress; personalised learning.

The accompanying CD contains photocopiable material which will help you plan your lessons and departmental strategy.

Table of Contents

Why it is so important to address the needs of More Able Students in English?

Who Are the More Able in English?

Providing the Best Supportive Learning Environment for the Most Effective Development of More Able Students in English

Learning in English

Personalisation and Other Support Structures in English

Activities to support and challenge More Able English Students in Secondary Schools

"This is a sourcebook of ideas and gives valuable information about the latest research on learning and teaching, as well as signposting the way forward in providing for the most able in English. It recognises the questions posed by new technologies, and gives guidance on how to harness these changes to help equip talented young people for life in the twenty first century."
- Jude Brigley, Director of Learning and Teaching at Cardiff High School, and Chair of NACE CYMRU