| Publication |
New York, Scholastic, 2006.
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| Description |
144pPurple spine
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| Series |
Scholastic Teaching Strategies
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| Summary/Abstract |
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.
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| Contents |
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
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| Standard Number |
9780439465908 Pb.
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