No matter where or what you are teaching, navigating the path to an outstanding lesson can be challenging. However, the integrity of an outstanding lesson will always be the same. From the moment you walk into any classroom, you can (with experience) almost immediately see, hear and feel an outstanding lesson taking place. This book attempts to bottle that formula so that you can recreate it time and time again. Ross Morrison McGill aims to equip all secondary teachers with a toolkit of approaches that can be picked up 5 minutes prior to the lesson and put into practice just as they are, or embedded into your every day teaching to permanently make your classroom an outstanding learning environment. His ideas are original, off-beat and creative and in his light-hearted, warm writing style he talks you through the strategies he uses to make lessons outstanding and inspiring, and offers invaluable tips and advice, whether you are an experienced and successful teacher, or someone who has little practical teaching experience.
Ideas include: activities for the start and end of your lessons (Monday-morning-mantra); strategies for outstanding lesson planning (The 5 minute lesson plan), tips for assessing your students (Covert press-ganging!) and managing their behaviour (Smiley faces!).
