'Be Outstanding' has quickly earned its place as one of the best selling guides to help teachers deliver outstanding lessons. Although it was written for UK teachers, its international appeal means it is now being used by teachers across the world. This succinct, helpful guide covers a wide range of practical techniques that have been successfully proven to help teachers improve teaching and learning in order to achieve outstanding grading under the current Ofsted framework. The techniques used in this book helped the author's school raise the quality of teaching and learning from 40% to 82%...

Abridged especially for teachers and students of English and drama, this is a pacy and engaging version of The Merchant of Venice that is designed to make the play more accessible to a young audience. This edition skillfully maintains the coherence of the plot and contains all the essential elements needed for detailed classroom study and dramatic performance. KJ O'Hara has over 20 years' experience teaching English and drama and is the former artistic director of a successful theatre in education company.

This collection of abridged Shakespeare plays is an ideal classroom resource containing some of the most popular Shakespeare plays studied in schools: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice. Each Shakespeare play has been carefully abridged to make it accessible to young audiences whilst maintaining the plot structure and character development needed for academic study and dramatic performance.