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1. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   A Failure of the Imagination
   This article discusses the imaginative activities and assignments that teachers often assign that violate the text around which the lesson is focused and that mislead students about its meaning.
   
2. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel
   This collection of essays by classroom teachers demonstrates how to pair graphic novels with classic literature (including both canonical and YA lit).
3. Professional Development | Grades   2 – 7  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Creating Lifelong Readers Through Independent Reading
   This book provides information on the benefits of independent reading, how to set up a classroom library, and ways to actively engage students in independent reading.
4. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Designing Writing Assignments
   Traci Gardner offers practical tips, starting points, and a companion website to help secondary and college teachers design effective writing assignments.
5. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Developing Academic Thinking Skills in Grades 6-12: A Handbook of Multiple Intelligence Activities
   These skill-based activities will help students develop the academic thinking skills and language to understand challenging content concepts.
6. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Developing Critical Awareness at the Middle Level: Using Texts as Tools for Critique and Pleasure
   This unique instructional approach enables students to read literature they enjoy while developing critical consciousness and addressing issues of social justice.
7. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Engaging Grammar: Practical Advice for Real Classrooms
   Amy Benjamin challenges the idea of "skill and drill" grammar instruction, and Tom Oliva provides a teacher's journal chronicling how the concepts in this book can work in a real classroom.
8. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Genre Theory: Teaching, Writing, and Being
   Dean synthesizes theory and research about genres and provides secondary-level teachers with practical classroom applications.
9. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Go Public!: Encouraging Student Writers to Publish
   Intended for middle and high school teachers, Go Public! offers specific writing ideas and classroom activities to help students develop the confidence and ability to publish in a wide market.
10. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Language Learners in the English Classroom
    This book provides practical, research-based strategies that can help secondary-level English language learners meet the challenges of both language and content learning.

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