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The Literature Toolbox – Hard Copy Book by Glen Pearsall

“The study of English introduces a student to other voices and other lives … and in doing do, helps them find their own voice.”

Whether you are planning to study a new text, looking for a fresh approach to teach an old favourite or simply seeking strategies to provide more variety in your teaching, this is an invaluable guide for all English teachers.

The Literature Tool Box features over fifty activities for exploring text. Easy to implement and rigorously road-tested in real classrooms, these practical strategies foster engagement, deepen inquiry and model fluent and sophisticated essay writing.

The cost for the book is $68.00 inc GST, this includes postage and handling for one book.

If you require more than 1 book please email admin@critcalagendas.com.au and we will happily organise this for you.

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Glen Pearsall

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Glen Pearsall was a Teacher Leader and board member of the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority. He works throughout the world as an educational consultant. Glen is the author of the best-selling And Gladly Teach (2010), The Literature Toolbox (2014),  Fast and Effective Assessment(2019), Tilting Your Teaching(2020) and Classroom Dynamics (2024) He is the  co-author of Literature for Life (2005) and Work Right (2011.)  His ebook on questioning The Top Ten Strategic Questions for Teachers (2013) was translated into Khmer for Cambodian teachers. Glen is the co-creator of Toon Teach, an animated series on classroom management.

Expertise

Glen specializes in positive behaviour, feedback and questioning, differentiation, coaching and leadership and teacher workload reduction. He has presented for Critical Agendas on a range of subjects including High Impact Teaching Strategies, Positive Classroom Behaviours, Assessment and Feedback, Differentiation and the Brain, Leadership and VCE Literature.

 

 

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