The First-Year English Teacherâs Guidebook offers practical advice and recommendations to help new English teachers thrive in the classroom. Each chapter introduces a concept crucial to a successful first year of teaching English and discusses how to incorporate that concept into your daily classroom practice. Youâll find out how to: Clearly communicate instructional goals with students parents and colleagues; Incorporate students' out-of-school interests into the curriculum; Use assignment-specific rubrics to respond to student writing in meaningful ways; Integrate technology into ELA instruction; Conduct student-centered writing conferences; Make time for self-care and self-improvement; and much much more. Additionally the guidebook provides a number of forms templates graphic organizers and writing prompts that will enable you to put the authorâs advice into immediate action. These tools are available for download on the bookâs product page: www. routledge. com/9781138495708. . Language: English