Unit 1. The secret weapons. Enthusiasm ; Setting the right tone ; Respect ; The power of positivity -- Unit 2. Who are your students? Teaching common sense ; Students are fragile ; Teaching is a game of inches -- Unit 3. Relating to your students. Keeping lessons clear ; How to get the most from your students ; Student accountability, or you can lead a horse to water ... ; How to design a foolproof lesson ; How to deliver a foolproof lesson -- Unit 4. Managing your students. Idle threats and consequence scales ; Using your voice and body as teaching tools ; How to respond to unwanted behavior ; Trouble is complex -- Unit 5. Building your classroom foundation. Setting the ground rules ; Physically setting up your classroom ; Classroom rituals -- Unit 6. The tools of the trade. Lectures ; Discussions ; Group work -- Unit 7. Cheat sheets. How to respond to a question you don't have an answer for ; A student cheats ; When bad things happen in good classrooms ; Pressing the reset button on the classroom -- Unit 8. The tasks. Dealing with parents ; Teaching to everyone -- Unit 9. The traps. Just say no: The pitches ; The urge to be groovy ; Friendly fire -- Unit 10. The tricks. The advantages of being a new teacher ; The role of emotion in the classroom ; The use of technology ; Becoming an organizational champion -- A final word.

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