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Finding the Thread: Character, Setting, and Theme
Grades
5 - 9
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Professional Library
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Journal
Finding the Thread: Character, Setting, and Theme
An annotated bibliography of books that exemplify the plot elements, character, setting, and theme. Includes guidelines on how to do a book talk.
Using the RAFT Writing Strategy
Grades
Grades
5 - 12
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Strategy Guide
Using the RAFT Writing Strategy
This strategy guide introduces the RAFT technique and offers practical ideas for using this technique to teach students to experiment with various perspectives in their writing.
Teaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives
Grades
6 - 12
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Professional Library
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Book
Teaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives

This book is designed to help teachers develop their own version of YA pedagogy and a vision for teaching YA lit in the middle and secondary classroom.

Language Learners in the English Classroom
Grades
7 - 12
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Professional Library
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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.
Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel
Grades
7 - 12
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Professional Library
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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).
Engaging Grammar: Practical Advice for Real Classrooms
Grades
7 - 12
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Professional Library
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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.

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