Keith West has taught English and drama for over 30 years. He was head of English in two secondary comprehensive schools and head of drama in one. Keith is OFSTED and ESTYN trained, and he has written a number of publications for English teachers.

'Keith West's Inspired English Teaching is indeed inspiring; a must for all new and training teachers...even worth looking at if English isn't your specialism...So, superb book. Buy it. Read it. Act on it.'

• Acknowledgements/Introduction/Chapter 1: Use your body language/The face/Basic emotions/Posture/Eye movement/Hands/The voice/Chapter 2: Taking charge of your classroom/A question of space/Displays/Seating arrangements/Procedures - make your classroom your own/Teaching styles/Planning teaching and learning in English/Chapter 3: Getting to grips with school issues/Literacy as a whole-school issue/Assessment in English/Reports that count/Use of plenary sessions/Use of technology - the whiteboard as a learning tool/Rewards and sanctions/Chapter 4: Making it all seem like fun/Sentences/Paragraphs/Recognizing an interesting story start/A spelling game/Stimulus/Boy-friendly poems/Making a drama out of verbs, nouns and adjectives/Non-fiction materials that are boy-friendly/Non-fiction material/Draw before you write/A new planet - Silvershine/Persuasion/Writing reviews/Chapter 5: Making the assessment focus work/Tackling the assessment focus/Chapter 6: Mostly drama/Mysteries/Drama as a learning tool/Soliloquies/Other activities for Macbeth/Using hot-seating to reinforce learning/Freeze-framing/Giving witness/Re-enactments/From book to script/From script to book/Role play - somebody else's shoes/Drama ideas bank/Media - they've all watched a film/Use of circle time in English/Chapter 7: Lessons that really work/Tribes/Your product/Traditional version versus modern version/Soaps - for characters/A comprehension to inspire less able students/Using the story as a stimulus for improving English/Ghost stories/Student-friendly news and newspapers/Postcards home/Wordbag/Starter lessons/Chapter 8: For the older students/GCSE English: AQA/Fact and opinion/Looking at audience and purpose/Exam practice/Looking at stylistic techniques/A brief look at the A-level syllabus (AQA)/Chapter 9: Answers/Sentences/Capital letters/Full stops/Sentences ending in full stops, question marks or exclamation marks/Vowels/Empty House/Group/pair work/The sinking of the SS Golden Gate/Foxes/Silvershine/Woman in White/Computer Nerd/Juliet's Lament/Questions on Macbeth/Macbeth's speech/Sinister Monologue/Trapped/Sentences/Jumbled sentences/The Attic/Plurals not apostrophes/The Lake Isle of Innisfree/Conclusion/References/Index

Keith West has taught English and drama for over 30 years. He was head of English in two secondary comprehensive schools and head of drama in one. Keith is OFSTED and ESTYN trained, and he has written a number of publications for English teachers.

'Keith West's Inspired English Teaching is indeed inspiring; a must for all new and training teachers...even worth looking at if English isn't your specialism...So, superb book. Buy it. Read it. Act on it.'

• Acknowledgements/Introduction/Chapter 1: Use your body language/The face/Basic emotions/Posture/Eye movement/Hands/The voice/Chapter 2: Taking charge of your classroom/A question of space/Displays/Seating arrangements/Procedures - make your classroom your own/Teaching styles/Planning teaching and learning in English/Chapter 3: Getting to grips with school issues/Literacy as a whole-school issue/Assessment in English/Reports that count/Use of plenary sessions/Use of technology - the whiteboard as a learning tool/Rewards and sanctions/Chapter 4: Making it all seem like fun/Sentences/Paragraphs/Recognizing an interesting story start/A spelling game/Stimulus/Boy-friendly poems/Making a drama out of verbs, nouns and adjectives/Non-fiction materials that are boy-friendly/Non-fiction material/Draw before you write/A new planet - Silvershine/Persuasion/Writing reviews/Chapter 5: Making the assessment focus work/Tackling the assessment focus/Chapter 6: Mostly drama/Mysteries/Drama as a learning tool/Soliloquies/Other activities for Macbeth/Using hot-seating to reinforce learning/Freeze-framing/Giving witness/Re-enactments/From book to script/From script to book/Role play - somebody else's shoes/Drama ideas bank/Media - they've all watched a film/Use of circle time in English/Chapter 7: Lessons that really work/Tribes/Your product/Traditional version versus modern version/Soaps - for characters/A comprehension to inspire less able students/Using the story as a stimulus for improving English/Ghost stories/Student-friendly news and newspapers/Postcards home/Wordbag/Starter lessons/Chapter 8: For the older students/GCSE English: AQA/Fact and opinion/Looking at audience and purpose/Exam practice/Looking at stylistic techniques/A brief look at the A-level syllabus (AQA)/Chapter 9: Answers/Sentences/Capital letters/Full stops/Sentences ending in full stops, question marks or exclamation marks/Vowels/Empty House/Group/pair work/The sinking of the SS Golden Gate/Foxes/Silvershine/Woman in White/Computer Nerd/Juliet's Lament/Questions on Macbeth/Macbeth's speech/Sinister Monologue/Trapped/Sentences/Jumbled sentences/The Attic/Plurals not apostrophes/The Lake Isle of Innisfree/Conclusion/References/Index

Keith West has taught English and drama for over 30 years. He was head of English in two secondary comprehensive schools and head of drama in one. Keith is OFSTED and ESTYN trained, and he has written a number of publications for English teachers.

'Keith West's Inspired English Teaching is indeed inspiring; a must for all new and training teachers...even worth looking at if English isn't your specialism...So, superb book. Buy it. Read it. Act on it.'

• Acknowledgements/Introduction/Chapter 1: Use your body language/The face/Basic emotions/Posture/Eye movement/Hands/The voice/Chapter 2: Taking charge of your classroom/A question of space/Displays/Seating arrangements/Procedures - make your classroom your own/Teaching styles/Planning teaching and learning in English/Chapter 3: Getting to grips with school issues/Literacy as a whole-school issue/Assessment in English/Reports that count/Use of plenary sessions/Use of technology - the whiteboard as a learning tool/Rewards and sanctions/Chapter 4: Making it all seem like fun/Sentences/Paragraphs/Recognizing an interesting story start/A spelling game/Stimulus/Boy-friendly poems/Making a drama out of verbs, nouns and adjectives/Non-fiction materials that are boy-friendly/Non-fiction material/Draw before you write/A new planet - Silvershine/Persuasion/Writing reviews/Chapter 5: Making the assessment focus work/Tackling the assessment focus/Chapter 6: Mostly drama/Mysteries/Drama as a learning tool/Soliloquies/Other activities for Macbeth/Using hot-seating to reinforce learning/Freeze-framing/Giving witness/Re-enactments/From book to script/From script to book/Role play - somebody else's shoes/Drama ideas bank/Media - they've all watched a film/Use of circle time in English/Chapter 7: Lessons that really work/Tribes/Your product/Traditional version versus modern version/Soaps - for characters/A comprehension to inspire less able students/Using the story as a stimulus for improving English/Ghost stories/Student-friendly news and newspapers/Postcards home/Wordbag/Starter lessons/Chapter 8: For the older students/GCSE English: AQA/Fact and opinion/Looking at audience and purpose/Exam practice/Looking at stylistic techniques/A brief look at the A-level syllabus (AQA)/Chapter 9: Answers/Sentences/Capital letters/Full stops/Sentences ending in full stops, question marks or exclamation marks/Vowels/Empty House/Group/pair work/The sinking of the SS Golden Gate/Foxes/Silvershine/Woman in White/Computer Nerd/Juliet's Lament/Questions on Macbeth/Macbeth's speech/Sinister Monologue/Trapped/Sentences/Jumbled sentences/The Attic/Plurals not apostrophes/The Lake Isle of Innisfree/Conclusion/References/Index