Primary English for Trainee Teachers: (Transforming Primary QTS Series)

About the Book

What do I need know about English to teach it effectively in primary school?;
How do children learn English?;
How do I teach it?
What does a good primary English lesson look like?

This is the ultimate guide for primary trainee teachers grappling with these questions. A comprehensive text supporting you to teach the National Curriculum for primary English, it covers both subject knowledge and teaching theory and practice.

This new edition includes new content on teaching children with EAL and new links to the Core Content Framework (CCF).

Table of Contents:
The National Curriculum - David Waugh Oracy: Speaking and listening - Wendy Jolliffe Vocabulary development - Jane Carter Reading - Ruth Harrison-Palmer Phonics for reading and writing - Wendy Jolliffe Spelling - Kate Allott Grammar and punctuation - David Waugh Fiction - Debbie Myers Poetry - Holly Dyer Non-fiction - Kirsty Anderson Writing - Claire Warner Multimodal and digital texts - Claire Norcott Drama - Eve English Planning children′s learning - Kate Allott Assessment: an invaluable classroom resource - Kirsty Anderson Mastery in English - Kate Allott Inclusion in English: challenges and barriers - Kulwinder Maude

About the Author :
David Waugh is a former deputy headteacher who worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as one of two (the other being Wendy) National Strategies Regional Advisers for ITT. He is currently lectures at Durham University. He has published extensively in primary English, as well as developing e-learning resources for National Strategies for English, mathematics and mentoring and coaching. David also writes children’s stories, including The Wishroom, which was written with 45 children from 15 East Durham primary schools and published in 2017. Wendy Jolliffe is Professor of Education and worked in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) for 14 years; latterly as Head of Teacher Education at the University of Hull. She worked previously as a Regional Adviser for the National Strategies and advised ITT providers on effective provision for literacy.  She has published extensively in Primary English and Cooperative Learning. Kate Allott is Senior Lecturer in Education at York St John University. Kate worked as a literacy consultant in a local authority from the inception of the National Literacy Strategy. More recently she spent two years as a regional adviser with the Primary National Strategy, working on the Communication, Language and Literacy Development initiative.