Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher 2
This book introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. Literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great reads-smart, insightful, and engaging books that are specifically written for adolescents.
A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects
Writing is a complex task - and today's students must learn to write proficiently and write to learn in different content areas. The Writing Rope clearly explains the intertwined skills and processes involved in writing well: transcription, writing craft, critical thinking, syntax, and text structure.
Young adults live in a violent culture, so trying to protect them from the world they live in is not only futile but can also be dangerous. No matter their ethnicity, social class, or economic status, teens must know how to survive the perils that may await them. Most teens understand this, and they want books, television shows, and films to ......
Thinking and Learning through Literature shares ways of using high quality literature to cultivate children's awareness; their intelligence; and their understanding of themselves, other people, and the past and present world.
Thinking and Learning through Literature shares ways of using high quality literature to cultivate children's awareness; their intelligence; and their understanding of themselves, other people, and the past and present world.
What every secondary teacher needs to know about reading
In this highly accessible book James and Dianne Murphy combine more than 50 years of experience to provide teachers with a thorough, easy to use introduction to the extensive research on reading and its effects on student achievement.
For use with the TPRI® Benchmarking Kit, this package includes 25 consumable Student Record Sheets and 3 Class Summary Sheets to record individual and whole-class scores at beginning of year, middle of year, and end of year. Each package includes 25 consumable Student Record Sheets and 3 Class Summary Sheets. These record sheets are part of TPRI®, ......
This book provides activities and examples that use technological tools to help students learn how to create digital texts. This book also provides a basis for creating novel classroom activities that encourage students to define purpose and audience, make textual links, collaborate, gain new perspectives, and construct identities through writing.
The Common Core State Standards mean major changes for language arts teachers, particularly the emphasis on "informational text." How do we shift attention toward informational texts without taking away from the teaching of literature? The key is informational texts deeply connected to the literary texts you are teaching. Preparing ......
