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1. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Adolescent Literacy and the Teaching of Reading: Lessons for Teachers of Literature
   Deborah Appleman dismantles the traditional divide between secondary teachers of literature and teachers of reading and offers a variety of practical ways to teach reading within the context of literature classrooms.
2. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Authentic Assessments for the English Classroom
   Joanna Dolgin, Kim Kelly, and Sarvenaz Zelkha offer real-world examples, sample student work, step-by-step instructions, and handouts to help teachers incorporate authentic forms of assessment into the middle and high school curriculum.
3. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Reading Shakespeare with Young Adults
   Dakin explores different methods for getting students engaged--and excited--about Shakespeare's plays as they learn to construct meaning from the texts' sixteenth-century language and connect it to their twenty-first-century lives.
4. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Teaching YA Lit through Differentiated Instruction
   Authors Susan L. Groenke and Lisa Scherff offer suggestions for incorporating YA lit into the high school curriculum.
5. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   The Great Gatsby in the Classroom: Searching for the American Dream
   Veteran high school English teacher David Dowling demonstrates how teachers can help students connect The Great Gatsby to the value systems of the twenty-first century, offering active reading and thinking strategies designed to enhance higher-level thinking and personal responses to fiction.
6. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   What Is "College-Level" Writing? Volume 2: Assignments, Readings, and Student Writing Samples
   Edited by Patrick Sullivan, Howard Tinberg, and Sheridan Blau, this sequel to What Is "College-Level" Writing? (2006) highlights the practical aspects of teaching writing.
7. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Writing about Literature, 2nd ed., Revised and Updated
   This book is intended to help middle and secondary school English language arts teachers integrate literature study and composition instruction.