Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Anita and Me: A comprehensive guide to teaching Meera Syal's GCSE set text

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Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Anita and Me weaves together the essential subject knowledge, ready-to-use resources and classroom strategies needed to teach Meera Syals extraordinary story, as well as fresh ideas to teach this GCSE set text that are as exciting for you as they are for your students. Each chapter contains suggested schemes of work and lesson ideas to enhance subject knowledge on key areas of the text, with focus on historical and cultural context, understanding the plot, character analysis, key themes and detailed analysis of language, form and structure, appropriate for all GCSE exam boards and for pre-teaching at KS3 level. Effective and engaging strategies are included for relevant lessons and exam preparation, from retrieval practice to scaffolding and reciprocal reading. The book includes exclusive downloadable and printable teaching resources for instant use in the classroom to support students at all levels. Whether you are new to teaching or looking for varied ideas to try out in the classroom, this Bloomsbury Teacher Guide will be your expert companion to the study of the Anita and Me.

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This superb guide to 'teaching Anita and Me' with knowledge-rich, academic teaching at its core will open doors to English teams who may be reluctant to teach a lesser-known text. The importance of this is not to be dismissed: Anita and Me being seen more commonly on the curriculum will open minds, eyes and worlds into cultures, and help students who - for too long - have struggled to relate to the current white, middle-class, male heavy curriculum to see characters like themselves through the eyes of subject experts in the English discipline. A colossal well done to the authors - I only wish it came out sooner so that when I was Head of English, I could feel as comfortable to place the text on my curriculum as I would do having now read this guide. -- Kaley Macis-Riley, Director of Curriculum Leadership, @HodandHeart
Zara Shah and Kerry Kurczijs guide to Anita and Me is forensic and comprehensive in its approach to preparing teachers for studying this book in lessons. Not only is it the perfect starting point for any teacher, but it is a phenomenal source of resources, materials and ideas. Like all good teaching resources, this will save teachers time, effort and brain power so they can focus on supporting the students. -- Chris Curtis, Head of English in a school in Derbyshire

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Zara Shah is co-author of Succeeding as an English Teacher, KS3 Coordinator in English at The Grammar School at Leeds, and a passionate advocate for equity and evidence-informed practice in teaching. Zara has an MA in Teaching and is also a mentor and LitDriveUk Regional Advocate for West Yorkshire, a non-profit organisation committed to better balance and subject-specific CPD. Follow Zara on Twitter @zssnas. Kerry Kurczij has over twenty years experience as an English teacher. She is an A-level English language specialist, former Head of Department and now Director of Faculty with whole-school responsibility for teaching and learning at The Grammar School at Leeds. She has delivered external CPD for the Yorkshire Schools Alliance and in other local schools and regularly publishes in English and Media Centres eMagazine.