Planning Primary English: How to Design and Teach Brilliant Lessons

Effective lesson planning is a crucial skill for all primary school teachers and is key to fostering engaging and focused learning.

So how can new teachers ensure that their plans are motivating and impactful so that their students can make good progress? 

This book serves as a comprehensive roadmap for planning dynamic and effective English lessons and clearly explains key principles and concepts that underpin effective teaching in all aspects of the primary English curriculum. Covering a wide range of topics, this book discusses how to plan compelling lessons on teaching phonics, comprehension, grammar, spoken language and more, as well as adaptive teaching for an inclusive classroom.  It identifies the key decisions new teachers, who are planning their own lessons for the first time, must consider to execute well-structured lessons and suggests how these can be tailored to meet the needs of all learners. 

Whether youre on a university-based path (PGCE, BEd, BA with QTS) or exploring school-based routes (School Direct, SCITT, Teach First), or an Early Career Teacher, this book is essential reading to transforming lesson planning from a challenge into a creative and effective teaching tool.

Kirstie Hewett is a senior lecturer in primary English at the University of Chichester. See more