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Inform your teaching with the latest research, find practical teaching tips, or get inspired. This selection of books, journals, and position statements comes to you from the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English.
Books
Lesson Plans for Developing Digital Literacies
Editors Mary T. Christel and Scott Sullivan present a new set of lessons designed to help you integrate a variety of digital applications—Web 2.0 and beyond—into the courses and units you’re already teaching.
Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines
Written with the Common Core State Standards firmly in mind, this book presents a much-needed instructional model for disciplinary literacy.
Journals & Other Publications
Language Arts
Are you interested in language arts learning and teaching of students in grades K-8? Articles from this journal discuss both theory and classroom practice.
Sample Article:
Mar-10 | Violent Red, Ogre Green, and Delicious White: Expanding Meaning Potential through Media
The Reading Teacher
If you're a literacy professional who works with children up to age 12, you'll find a wealth of information in this journal, including practical, evidence-based teaching ideas and information on the latest research.
Sample Article:
Jul-12 | Exploring the Use of the iPad for Literacy Learning
Voices from the Middle
If you work with students in grades 5-8, you'll find research and best practices in middle-level reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the visual and language arts in these articles.
Sample Article:
Aug-11 | Fresh Perspectives on New Literacies and Technology Integration
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
This journal, aimed for teachers of older learners, includes practical ideas for instruction, including tips on how to integrate technology, media, and popular culture in your classroom.
Sample Article:
Nov-10 | Graphic Novels in the Secondary Classroom and School Libraries
English Journal
In this award-winning journal for English language arts teachers in secondary schools, you'll find information on the teaching of writing and reading, literature, and language, and best uses for technology.
Sample Article:
Jul-11 | Ethics as a Form of Critical and Rhetorical Inquiry in the Writing Classroom
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Lesson Plans Related to the Professional Library |  |
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan
Digital Reflections: Expressing Understanding of Content Through Photography
Striking images can leave lasting impressions on viewers. In this lesson, students make text–self–world connections to a nature- or science-related topic as they collaboratively design a multimedia presentation.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Using Science Texts to Teach the Organizational Features of Nonfiction
Students explore organizational features of nonfiction science. Students then work together to create a two-page spread using those features to present information about their local environment.
Grades K – 5 | Lesson Plan
Designing Elements of Story in Little Blue and Little Yellow
In this series of four lessons, students will explore key elements of design in Little Blue and
Little Yellow to learn about setting, character relationships, and plot.
Based on Violent Red, Ogre Green, and Delicious White: Expanding Meaning Potential through Media
Grades 5 – 8 | Lesson Plan
Digitally Telling the Story of Greek Figures
Learn about Greek gods, heroes, and creatures through digital storytelling produced by students who have learned research techniques.
Based on Fresh Perspectives on New Literacies and Technology Integration
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Buzz! Whiz! Bang! Using Comic Books to Teach Onomatopoeia
This lesson is sure to sizzle, not fizzle, as students use comic strips to find onomatopoetic words, develop a vocabulary list from the words, and discuss why writers use onomatopoeia.
Based on Graphic Novels in the Secondary Classroom and School Libraries
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Developing Persuasive Arguments through Ethical Inquiry: Two Prewriting Strategies
In this lesson, students use focused prewriting strategies to explore content and ethical issues related to a persuasive assignment.
Based on Ethics as a Form of Critical and Rhetorical Inquiry in the Writing Classroom
Grades 7 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Crossing Boundaries Through Bilingual, Spoken-Word Poetry
Students explore the idea of “crossing boundaries” through bilingual, spoken-word poetry, culminating in a poetry slam at school or in the community.
Based on Second-Language Literacy Instruction
Grades 3 – 10 | Lesson Plan
A Case for Reading - Examining Challenged and Banned Books
Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces expressing their views about what should be done with the books at their school.