Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Anita and Me weaves together the essential subject knowledge, ready-to-use resources and classroom strategies needed to teach Meera Syal's extraordinary story, as well as fresh ideas to teach this GCSE set text that are as exciting for you as they are for your students.

Each chapter contains suggested schemes of work and lesson ideas to enhance subject knowledge on key areas of the text, with focus on historical and cultural context, understanding the plot, character analysis, key themes and detailed analysis of language, form and structure, appropriate for all GCSE exam boards and for pre-teaching at KS3 level.

Effective and engaging strategies are included for relevant lessons and exam preparation, from retrieval practice to scaffolding and reciprocal reading. The book includes exclusive downloadable and printable teaching resources for instant use in the classroom to support students at all levels.

Whether you are new to teaching or looking for varied ideas to try out in the classroom, this Bloomsbury Teacher Guide will be your expert companion to the study of the Anita and Me.

Zara Shah is the KS4 Coordinator for English at The Grammar School at Leeds, a Learning and Teaching Specialist for English for the Leading Learning Partnership and a passionate advocate for equity and evidence-informed practice in teaching. Zara has an MA in Teaching and has co-authored Succeeding as an English Teacher. She is also a mentor and Regional Lead for LitDriveUK, a non-profit organisation committed to better balance and subject-specific CPD.

Kerry Kurczij has over twenty years' experience as an English teacher. She is an A-level English language specialist, former Head of Department and now Director of Faculty with whole-school responsibility for teaching and learning at The Grammar School at Leeds. She has delivered external CPD for the Yorkshire Schools Alliance and in other local schools and regularly publishes in English and Media Centre's eMagazine.