A ready reference tool for students, teachers and parents to assist in the production of over 30 different types of written texts. The guide also includes a glossary of terms, writing activities and a matrix of text types.

Building on the success of 80 Great Poems: From Chaucer to Now, this companion volume is a superb introduction to Australian poetry from the nineteenth century to the present. 60 Classic Australian Poems emphasises the contribution made by the notable generation of Australian poets who emerged during and just after World War 2, and includes several contemporary poems likely to become classics in the near future. Each poem is followed by a short essay discussing its merits and suggesting why it might be considered a 'classic'.

Speaking and Listening Skills examines all the major components of effective oral commuication and shows how students can use these elements.

It deals with a range of types of commuication which middle and senior secondary students might encounter--from everyday situations to more formal presentation types.

Each unit includes:

• information and strategies for teachers
• photocopiable information pages for students
• practice exercises and activities

An exciting collection of stories for middle to upper secondary students featuring stories on a varietyof contemporary issues that will entertain and challenge, by new and established authors, many told through the voices of young people. Each story has a choice of four accompanying activities asking students to review, respond, recreate and research.

Every teacher wants to see their students fully engaged, highly motivated, taking responsibility for their own learning, and experiencing greater success as a result. Robyn Adams and Toni Glasson share their research and classroom experience exploring assessment for learning strategies: sharing learning intentions and success criteria with the class, peer feedback, effective teacher feedback, strategic questioning, student reflection, self-motivation and self-assessment. When implemented consistently, these strategies lead to significant improvement in student achievement.

This guide is designed for busy and cost-conscious instructional leaders who want to develop an effective program of writing instruction that includes assessing the current program, developing plans, implementing action steps, and sustaining innovations over time. With an online component that enables readers to access resources and communicate with one another, this guide is designed to help leaders meet the challenge of preparing students to meet new national standards for writing.

A collection of essays addressing questions like:

• What role should Australian literature play in the school curriculum?
• What prinicples should guide our selection of Australian texts?
• To what extent should concepts of the nation and a national identity frame the study of Australian writing?
• What do we imagine Australian literature to be?
• How do english teachers go about engaging their students in reading Australian texts?

This volume brings together teachers, teacher educators, creative writers and literary scholars in a joint inquiry that takes a fresh look at what it means to teach Australian literature. The immediate occasion for the publication of these essays is the implementation of The Australian Curriculum: English, which several contributors subject to critical scrutiny. 

Explores how an explicit understanding of how language works enables students to make informed choices in their use and understandings of texts. It supports teachers to successfully develop students' language for curriculum success, while familiarising them with the different curriculum areas. Key features:

• Approaches language learning across the KLAs
• Think about it activites invite students to reflect on what they are learning.
• In the classroom boxes provide practical teaching examples
• Have a go! activities allow students to become familiar with different language features

Looks at classrooms that shimmer and shine as children learn phonics through reading picture books, having fun with rhymes, playing with words and writing meaningful texts. It explains how within these contexts children learn the sounds of the English language and the letters of the alphabet, and the relationship between them. The book presents guidelines for teaching letter-sound patterns, while debunking the myth that there is a single valid sequence of instruction, and revealing commercial programs to be unnecessary and often flawed. It also includes 'teacher knowledge' sections to provide teachers with the confidence to teach phonics through meaningful reading and writing activities. 

Teachers use a wide repertoire of strategies in teaching literacy in the early years of schooling. This book provides a rich assortment of literacy strategies to support the learning of students in the first three years at school. Each strategy is presented in a series of easily followed steps, and also suggests a variety of ways in which the strategy can be extended and adapted to meet the diverse needs and interests of students.

Dr Coral Swan has many years’ teaching experience and especially enjoys seeing children blossom during their first years at school. She has worked with teachers and pre-service teachers in schools and university and has presented to colleagues at many workshops and conferences. In 2001 she received an Australian Teachers Prize for Excellence and a National Excellence in Teaching Award. She is still excited about teaching and is currently teaching Year 1 at Freshwater State School in Queensland.