Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Anita and Me brings together the deep 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 plans 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 and scaffolding, to reciprocal reading and walking, talking mocks. The book includes exclusive downloadable and printable teaching resources and lesson plans for instant use in the classroom to support students at all levels.Whether you are new to teaching or looking for new ways into the text, this Bloomsbury Teacher Guide is the essential companion to the study of the Anita and Me.