Cooperative Learning for Language Arts Book 2

Cooperative Learning for Language Arts Book 2

Secondary English (Years 7-12) A resource for teachers

Do you want your English (Language Arts) classes to bustle with engagement? Do you want your students to be active, ask and answer questions, explore literature at a deeper level, and quiz each other on vocabulary? Here’s your solution. In this two-book series, you will find powerful cooperative learning strategies to make your secondary English curriculum come alive. Plus, you’ll receive tons of ready-made activities and blackline masters designed that you can use tomorrow in your classroom. Receive activities on: figurative language, literary terms, Latin root words, prefixes, suffixes, text types, idioms, characterisation, homophones, parts of speech, and more. You’ll find 8 Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures presented throughout this book. The structures were selected because they are particularly good for teaching and learning English content. Following each structure are a number of activities and resource pages to use with the structure. Activities to boost reading comprehension and secondary literature selections such as The Diary of Ann Frank, The House on Mango Street, Snow Falling on Cedars, Julius Caesar, Catch 22. All the work of creating highly-engaging activities on your subject has been done for you! 208 pages

• Abounding with over 150 ready-to-use blacklines and activities that you can use tomorrow in your classroom
• Designed to meet and exceed the National Curriculum standards
• Cooperative activities encourage students to be active, ask and answer questions, explore literature at a deeper level and quiz each other on vocabulary
• Interactive activities for teams and pairs
• Six Superb step-by-step Kagan Structures for English/Language Arts