If words are power, then according to Peter Johnston’s Choice Words, teachers’ words are a super power. Using a variety of interspersed narratives from various classrooms, narratives that include student-teacher dialogue, Johnston shows how the words that teachers use express a variety of both conscious and subconscious opinions of students. And, as I think everyone agrees, what teachers think about their students has significant implications on the opportunities and achievements of those students. But Johnston does not stop there. While Johnston includes what he would call both positive and negative interactions, he does not judge the teacher as being bad solely on the basis of the interaction. The teacher may not realize the hidden suggestions his or her words possess; similarly the teacher whose dialogue is "good" may not be expressly trying to suggest something positive to the students. Some teachers are just naturals when it comes to this.

In this engaging text, Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare’s plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater

• Introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.
• Focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing.
• Covers venues, audiences, actors, society, government and regulation.
• Each topic is considered in relation to a selection of Shakespeare's plays.
• Shows students how the plays and the context in which they were produced illuminate one another.

This Guide steers students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare’s history plays, enhancing their enjoyment and broadening their critical repertoire.

• Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare’s history plays.
  
• Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions.
  
• Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context.
  
• Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.

This Guide introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeare’s comedies over the last four centuries.

• Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions.
• Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context.
• Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.

This Guide steers students through the critical writing on Shakespeare’s tragedies from the sixteenth century to the present day.