ID | 024449 |
Call Number | 372/FOR |
Title Proper | Teaching reading strategies with literature that matters to middle schoolers |
Other Title Information | Grades 5 and up |
Language | ENG |
Author | Fordham, Nancy ; Sandmann, Alexa |
Publication | New York, Scholastic, 2006. |
Description | 144p Purple spine |
Series | Scholastic Teaching Strategies |
Note | Help students learn and apply key reading strategies while exploring different themes commonly taught in middle school, such as Forging One's Identity, Friendship, Making choices, and the Pioneering Spirit. |
Note | INTRODUCTION Background Reflection About this book Closing thoughts FORGING ONE'S IDENTITY The janitor's boy The well Esperanza rising Through my eyes This land is my land Reproducible pages FRIENDSHIP Pink and Say Taking sides The maze Because of Winn-Dixie Maniac Magee MAKING CHOICES The butterfly Speed of light Shiloh The graduation of Jake Moon Surviving the Applewhites TAKING ACTION The children's book of heroes Captain Kate Hoot Flying solo Burning up IMMIGRATION Who belongs here? When Jessie came across the sea The orphan of Ellis Island In the year of the boar and Jackie Robinson The circuit: stories from the life of a migrant child THE PIONEERING SPIRIT A burst of firsts: doers, shakers, and record breakers Journey to nowhere The journal of Augustus Pelletier: the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804 The breadwinner Stargirl APPENDIX Language arts standards Social studies standards References |
Standard Number | 9780439465908 |
Price. Qualification | $17.99(Pb) |
Classification Number | 372 |
Key Words | Reading (Primary) ; Reading (Elementary) ; Education, Primary - Activity programs ; Writing ; Children - Books and reading ; Education, Elementary - Activity programs |