Diving Deep Into Nonfiction, Grades 6-12

A classroom teacher for fifteen years, ?Jeffrey D. Wilhelm? is currently Professor of English Education at Boise State University. He works in local schools as part of a Virtual Professional Development Site Network sponsored by the Boise State Writing Project, and regularly teaches middle and high school students. Jeff is the founding director of the Maine Writing Project and the Boise State Writing Project. Michael W. Smith, a professor in Temple University's College of Education, joined the ranks of college teachers after eleven years of teaching high school English. His research focuses on understanding both how adolescents and adults engage with texts outside school and how teachers can use those understandings to devise more motivating and effective instruction inside schools.

LIST OF VIDEOS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. Reader's Rules of Notice What Skilled Readers Do What This Noticing Means for Us as Teachers Principles of Effective Instruction The Current Educational Climate How This Book Works How to Use This Book 2. Noticing the Conversation Lesson 1. Noticing the Conversation: Reading Visual Texts Handout 2.1. Beer Street and Gin Lane Handout 2.2. Two Views of Children's Play Lesson 2. Noticing the Conversation: Thinking Aloud Handout 2.3. Intelligence: A Brief History (Excerpt) by Anna T. Cianciolo and Robert J. Sternberg Lesson 3. Noticing the Conversation: Practice in Miniature Handout 2.4. Noticing the Conversation Handout 2.5. More Practice Noticing the Conversation Lesson 4. Noticing the Conversation: Questioning Handout 2.6. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (Excerpt) Lesson 5. Noticing the Conversation: Writing and Responding Lesson 6. Noticing the Conversation: Search and Find Lesson 7. Noticing the Conversation: Putting It All Together Handout 2.7. The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln 3. Noticing Key Details Lesson 1. Noticing Key Details: Reading Visual Texts Lesson 2. Noticing Key Details: Thinking Aloud Handout 3.1. The Great Fire (Excerpt) by Jim Murphy Lesson 3. Noticing Key Details: Practice in Miniature Handout 3.2. Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (Excerpt) by Cary Darling Handout 3.3. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (Excerpts) Lesson 4. Noticing Key Details: Questioning Lesson 5. Noticing Key Details: Writing and Responding Handout 3.4. Mentor Sentences Based on The Great Fire (Excerpt) by Jim Murphy Lesson 6. Noticing Key Details: Search and Find Lesson 7. Noticing Key Details: Putting It All Together 4. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres Lesson 1. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres: Reading Visual Texts Handout 4.1. Thinking About Photographic Portrait Genres Lesson 2. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres: Thinking Aloud Handout 4.2. Sample Abstract: "Which AA Battery Maintains Its Voltage for the Longest Period of Time?" by Student Author Lesson 3. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres: Practice in Miniature Lesson 4. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres: Questioning Handout 4.3. Letters to the Editor Handout 4.4. Letters of Recommendation Handout 4.5. Using Genre Knowledge to Evaluate a Text Lesson 5. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres: Writing and Responding Lesson 6. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres: Search and Find Lesson 7. Noticing Varied Nonfiction Genres: Putting It All Together Handout 4.6. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Handout 4.7. Kennedy's Inaugural Address 5. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts Lesson 1. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts: Reading Visual Texts Lesson 2. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts: Thinking Aloud Handout 5.1. Noticing Comparisons: Camping Handout 5.2. Noticing Comparisons: Class Election Handout 5.3. Noticing Comparisons: Spring Dance Lesson 3. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts: Practice in Miniature Handout 5.4. Noticing Comparisons: More Practice Lesson 4. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts: Questioning Lesson 5. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts: Writing and Responding Handout 5.5. Cuing Comparisons Lesson 6. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts: Search and Find Lesson 7. Noticing the Text Structures in Nonfiction Texts: Putting It All Together Handout 5.6. "Troposphere" (Excerpt) by Bill Bryson Handout 5.7. Hillocks Hierarchy Questions 6. Why This Method Works Motivating Deep Learning Developing Cultural, Critical, and Identity Literacies A Final Word APPENDIX: GENERAL READER'S RULES OF NOTICE FOR NONFICTION WORKS CITED INDEX