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Reinforcing Middle School English
A Guide for Collaborative Design and Improved Student Learning
Chris Jordan
Contents
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Preface
Step 1 - Reinforce Your Department’s Decisions
1.1 How to agree on priorities as a team
1.2 How to communicate in a caring but direct manner
Step 2 - Reinforce the Curriculum
2.1 How to organise the curriculum by concepts
2.2 How to select themes that frame concepts
2.3 How to choose texts that enact the curriculum
Step 3 - Reinforce the Classroom
3.1 How to plan for teacher-led learning
3.2 How to provide student-centred possibilities
3.3 How to support self-regulated learning