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Text Complexity Cards (Primarily Narrative)

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Text Complexity Cards (Primarily Narrative)

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Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life

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Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life

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Robert E. Probst & Kylene Beers

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In Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst reflect on the role of reading in a democratic society. It is a book that helps us all-teachers, administrators, parents, and policy makers-to understand not only what it means to be an independent reader and writer, but also why creating independent readers and writers is critical to the health of our nation and the world. Beers and Probst argue that reading and writing are not literacy. They are the tools of literacy. Literacy is about power and privilege-the power to rethink visions of ourselves and to reshape our visions of what society might be. This is critical because the history of literacy has largely been about the suppression of that power and privilege.

This book is about creating readers who think, who live an empowered life, who live a self-determined life shaped by evidence and reason, vision and imagination.

Forged by Reading, a culmination of Beers and Probst's life's research and teaching, grapples with many of the questions we should each be asking about literacy. It discusses pressing topics such as inclusive libraries, student identity, and anti-racism, and strategies that will help students think deeply about text. But at its heart, it is a call to action, one that reminds us, "To stay silent about wrong acts is to speak loudly. Instead, with love and encouragement, with sincerity and strength, with hope and humility, we must offer a voice that seeks a truer version of who we have been in this nation and sings a song of who it is we might become." You, too, will want to stand with strength, hope, and humility after reading Forged by Reading, a book that invites each of us to shape ourselves and our world.

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In Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life , Kylene Beers and Bob Probst reflect on the role of reading in a democratic society. It is a book that helps us all-teachers, administrators, parents, and policy makers-to understand not only what it means to be an independent reader and writer, but also why creating independent readers and writers is critical to the health of our nation and the world.

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Text Complexity Descriptors (Primarily Literary)

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Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters

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Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters

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Kylene Beers and Bob Probst

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"Disrupting Thinking is one of the best books I've read about the power of books to disrupt complacency and promote change and the role teachers play in that disruption. Skillfully, these authors address the continuum of education K-12, making this book ideal for colleagues to read and share horizontally and vertically across grade levels."
-- Sarah Mulhern Gross, English teacher at High Technology High School, contributor to The NY Times Learning Network

"We're living in a world of social media and fake news have the potential to shape who we are and what we believe. Through the strategies presented in Disrupting Thinking, teachers see clearly how to help students become active participants in constructing meaning, as they respond, question, and challenge, so that in the end they become more responsible citizens in our world."

-- Mindy Hoffar, All Write Consortium Director

"Beers and Probst tackle one of teachers' greatest challenges: student apathy. They show us not only how to "teach struggling readers but how to teach readers to struggle." And then they go the next step and show us how to turn the apathetic reader into a lifetime reader. And for both, we are grateful."
-- Danny Brassel, Ph.D., consultant and author. Author of The Lazy Readers' Book Club

"We need students who can do more than answer questions. Tomorrow's leaders need to be able to ASK questions. This is an excellent book for all teachers whether they teach reading, language arts, or science or history. Whether they teach elementary, middle, high school or college, or at home - EVERYONE who is around children needs to read this book. It is short but powerful. I have spent over 30 years in education, and I have taught every level from pre-school through university, and this book brought me back to the WHY and HOW of teaching. It is short and easy to understand for non-teachers. As an educator it reminded me of the good things we do in teaching, but stated in their research that all of this has bee set aside to focus on numbers and passing tests - the bane of a real educator's life. Children start out loving books and reading, but by middle school that hate reading because educators are just having them study vocabulary, answer questions, and nothing more. Most schools have taken away quiet or silent sustained reading, when research shows that it works and is needed. At the same time, many schools still do round-robin reading when research shows that it does NOT work. What works: students must be given choice in what to read, we must increase the amount they read, they must be encouraged to read aloud to a partner or parent, we must teach questioning strategies and model that process, and we MUST let go of the silent classroom and encourage students to talk about their reading with other students. Many teachers believe a quiet classroom is one that is in control, but our students need to talk to each other about their reading and their work. Letting go is a critical skill for educators in this fluid and rapidly changing world. Reading builds the following: knowledge, improves overall achievement, increases overall motivation, increases vocabulary, improves writing, build background knowledge, improves understanding of text structures, develops empathy, and develops personal identity.

Please get this little book, read it, then apply the ideas to the children in your life or classroom. Please." --Texas Rose

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"If you haven't read anything by the dynamic duo Bob Probst and Kylene Beers and you are a teacher, you must! Their collaborative writing is highly readable, self-deprecating, witty, and on point. But don't be sidetracked by the entertaining repartee: their ideas about teaching are powerful, disruptive, and do-able. Don't think the double entendre of the book's title isn't intentional. While they propose and illustrate tangible ways in which we can disrupt the thinking of our students while reading (or prompt students out of what we thought were nonthinking stupors--Beers and Probst are passionately clear that we're wrong on that count), the duo is intentionally disrupting modern groupthink about teaching. If you only read 3 professional books this summer, make them: 1) Disrupting Thinking, 2) Notice and Note, and 3) Reading Nonfiction (in that order). Yes, like Star Wars, the third book in the series is really where it all begins. Disrupting Thinking outlines the philosophical underpinnings of their Notice and Note strategies. Without an understanding and willingness to embrace the philosophy behind Notice and Note, the signposts will be little more than another set of isolated reading strategies. Trust me, I taught the Nonfiction Notice and Note strategies as isolated reading strategies the first time (I know, I know, the book is clear on not doing that, but my role was to teach demonstration lessons rather than a daily core class). Like any isolated strategy, it doesn't work; kids won't and/or can't transfer their learning. I thought my flaw was a lack of text complexity. I taught the strategies but then students never needed to use them because they understood the texts without them. After reading "Disrupting Thinking," I understood that the attitude toward reading has to be in place for the Notice and Note signposts to be useful. In other words, students have to CARE enough about the text to use the strategies to figure it out. Disrupting Thinking only has one real strategy, and it is deceptively simple and powerful to the core. They call it: BHH (Book * Head * Heart). It can be taught at any level as a mindset for reading: What does the book say? What am I thinking as I read? What's in my heart while I read? (my paraphase, not theirs) The revolutionary idea is that we have to approach reading as something that changes us. When we teach our students to anticipate that what they read will change them one page at a time, then everything about how they read and how we teach reading changes, too. Simple, right? But how many teachers are out there teaching reading as anticipating change? Yet how many teachers out there read to be changed themselves? TONS. So our job is to come at reading with our students the way we do and make it matter. Somehow this simple yet powerful idea resonated with me in a way that all the book love authors have not. It's more tangible and more realistic than sharing your love of reading. They've pinpointed WHY we love reading: because it changes us. Now just because you've read my sad little synopsis, don't assume you can pass up this book. To circle back, Beers and Probst are incredible authors; their book comes with video links that I haven't even delved into yet, and you need to hear it from the two of them for yourself. You'll learn much more along the way, such as their take on recent education and reading debates, authors they look to, sample conversations to help imagine using the strategy in class, lovely sample anchor charts, etc. Is this book going to give you 24 lesson plans like Notice and Note? No. Is this book going to make those 24 lesson plans work? Yes. Get it, read it, and give it to a colleague to read, too." --Julie

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"This honestly reminds me of things like why children hate reading and schools killing the love of reading, both the subject and titles of articles and discussions in education. As an English teacher who hates to write, but loves to read, this helps me feel better about the process. I love diving into a new book and sharing it with my students. I honestly got started writing book reviews because my students would see me reading something and immediately ask to read it next. It got to the point where I couldn't remember who was next and what that particular book was about because I had moved on to something new. Writing little book reviews on my classroom webpage and having a wait list made it easier for me to keep track. Knowing that we read for pleasure far more often than we read for any particular literary device or testing strategy is far more important for building lifelong literacy. I love that Beers addresses this and focuses on talking about the relationship of book and reader to engage in comprehension. Trying to figure out motivations and connections to the literature helps me connect and I have always wanted to share that with my students. I love that there are books out there that make me feel validated and can easily be shown to other parents or teachers to stress this importance." --Jennifer Miller

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"I only wish that this book would be as popular in schools as Beers previous book was. Unfortunately, the education industry does not put priority on personal meaning in learning, so I think that this is a book that will have to be pushed out by individual teachers and leaders in schools, as well as involved parents. Within the first couple of chapters, Beers sets out why reading even matters- beyond the basic ability to find answers in text. After all, the best readers are usually ones that were read to as children, who saw their own parents or other family members reading for pleasure, and who read for pleasure themselves. And why do they read for pleasure? Because reading has meaning beyond their test scores. Going further, Beers also reminds us that contemporary careers and careers of the future do not want employees that can just repeat back information; they want employees that can make meaning out of what they read, make connections, and create their own ideas from what they have read.

This is an enjoyable read for teachers, school leaders, and parents alike. I especially like it as motivational summer reading for teachers that are getting ready to return to school." --Mom to 2 Boys

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--This text refers to the paperback edition.

Kylene Beers is an award-winning educator and is the author of When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do, Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading, Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice, and Elements of Literature, the literature textbook read by the majority of middle school and high school students across the US. She began her teaching career in 1979 in the Alief School District, outside of Houston. Texas. Since then, she has become an internationally-known and respected authority in literacy education. Beers works tirelessly to help parents, teachers, and national policy makers understand how to best help struggling readers. In 2008-2009, she served as President of the National Council of Teachers of English and in 2011 she received an NCTE Leadership Award. She has served as a consultant to the National Governor's Association Education Committee, was the editor of the national literacy journal Voices from the Middle, taught in the College of Education at the University of Houston, held a reading research position in the Comer School Development Program at Yale University School of Medicine, and has most recently served as the Senior Reading Advisor to the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Robert Probst, Ed.D., is an author and consultant to schools nationally and internationally. He speaks to administrators and teachers on literacy improvement, particularly issues surrounding struggling readers and meeting standards. Bob is Professor Emeritus of English Education at Georgia State University and has served as a research fellow for Florida International University. He has served as a member on the Conference on English Board of Directors, an NCTE journal columnist, and a member of the NCTE Commission on Reading. In 2004 he was awarded the NCTE Exemplary Leadership Award presented by the Conference on English Leadership.

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

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Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain

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No More Teaching Without Positive Relationships

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No More Teaching Without Positive Relationships

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Teachers know the importance of strong relationships with their students, but sometimes connecting with them feels challenging. No More Teaching Without

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Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

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Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

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Penny Kittle

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Passionate Readers: The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child

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Passionate Readers: The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child

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Pernille Ripp

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Why Do I Have to Read This? Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Students

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Why Do I Have to Read This? Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Students

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Cris Tovani

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In Why Do I Have to Read This? Cris Tovani shares her best secrets, lessons learned from big fails, and her most effective literacy and planning strategies that hook these hard to get learners.

You will meet many of Cris's students inside this book. As she describes some of her favorites, you may even recognize a few of your own. You will laugh at her stories and take comfort in her easily adaptable strategies that help students remove their masks of disengagement. Cris shows teachers how to plan by anticipating students' needs. Her Curriculum You A nticipate structures of Topic, Task, Targets, Text, Tend to me, and Time will literally help you anticipate your curriculum.

Inside Why Do I Have to Read This? readers will find:

literacy strategies for all content areas that support and engage a wide range of learners so they can read and write a variety of complex text

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planning strategies that show teachers how to connect day-to-day instruction so that no day lives in isolation

versatile thinksheets that are reproducible and adaptable to different grade levels, content areas, and disciplines

Above all, Cris gives teachers energy to get back into the classroom and face students who wear masks of disengagement. She reminds us of the importance of connecting students to compelling topics, rich text, useful targets, and worthy tasks. She reminds us of the importance of tending to students' basic needs and helps us consider how to best structure instructional time. After reading this book, teachers will have new ways to connect with students in a deep, authentic way. Written in a humorous, compassionate, and wise voice, Why Do I Have to Read This? will provide answers to the pressing questions we have when we try to teach and reach all of our students.
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Preorder Now! Coming December 2020. "Why do I have to read this?" What teacher doesn't dread this question? It usually comes from our most disengaged students like the class clown or the student who struggles to read and write at grade-level. Sometimes we hear it from a student who cries of boredom or one who is angry or apathetic.

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Pernille Ripp

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One of the pillars of our reading community is the daily book talk. While I used to do them once in a while, I was spurred on by the wisdom of Penny Kittle to do one every single day, which I have now fully embraced for the past few years.

So in the last few years, I have done a book talk almost every single day right after we finish our independent reading. It takes less than two minutes and is fairly simple. I used to plan them out much more but realized that it added another level of work to my already jam-packed day and that it didn't seem to make a difference to the students whether I did a pre-scripted one or one that was more spur of the moment. So this is what our book talks look like now.
Preparation:

1. Pick the text you will book talk - note this can be a chapter book, audiobook, a collection of short stories or whatever you feel like blessing as Linda Gambrell reminds us.

2. I like to book talk a variety of new books I have read as well as older books that haven't been discovered yet. One place I look to for inspiration is what my students have recommended in the past.

3. Decide your angle: Are you book talking it because you read it and it was amazing? Because you abandoned it and need someone to prove you wrong? Because you added it to the library but haven't read it?

4. Prepare your visual. I like to project the cover of the book so that students can easily write down the tile. I also put any genres abbreviations on the slide and whether or not is a more mature book.

5. Have the physical book ready to hold up and hand to someone or place on a designated book talk shelf or display.

During the book talk:

Keep it short and sweet. I tend to say a few sentences about the book and why I liked it/abandoned it/purchased it and then read either the first page, the inside flap or the back cover. I love these teasers as they are already made for us.

Have the book ready to hand out. The only time I break this recommendation is when I just finished a book and I want to book talk it to all of my classes. Then I try to find extra copies beforehand, such as from our school library.

Students should have their to-be-read list out which is located either in their readers' notebook or using the Goodreads app. This is a routine expectation we start with the very first week.

Pointers:

Start to transfer ownership of the book talks to students fairly early on, you should not be the only one book talking a book. I love using the 30-second book talk idea to help students become more comfortable with the format and also ensure that everyone participates.

If I am the one doing the book talk there is only one given, if it is students, then there can be up to three depending on their length. Again, this is short and sweet, not the actual teaching point of the class.

If many students want to book talk their book, consider making it the teaching point and dedicate a lesson time for it or have them do a speech about their favorite book.

Keep an anchor chart or some sort of visual of which books you have book talked, not only does it provide a reminder to students about the books shared, but it also allows you to ensure that you are providing inclusive book talks that do not just fall under one genre, cultural heritage or some other category.

Place book talked book the same place so that students know where to find them. We have a book tree that serves as everyone's place to recommend books so that is where they go.

Check to see if there are book trailers available. I still think the book trailer for The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen has convinced more students to read the book than I ever have, and I love that book.

I have loved doing daily book talks and also getting them from students and I now see them as a vital component of any thriving reading community. When we book talk a book it is the invitation into a relationship with that book for all of our students, what a powerful teaching tool that is.

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Stephanie Harvey & Annie Ward

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The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting

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The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting

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Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Hattie

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I wonder how I can encourage reluctant readers to read outside of school requirements

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I would like to promise my students some choice in what they get to read

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I promise you know more than you think you do.

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To show them what it looks like to be excited about reading

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To show them what it looks like to be excited about reading

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To read what they are interested in
To understand what they are reading
To listen to your opinion and interpretation of the book

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I promise to give you a better reason to read than "you have to"

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I promise to give you a better reason to read than "you have to"

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I promise to show you how what you're reading is relevant

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I promise to show you how what you're reading is relevant

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Access to and experiences with a wide variety of texts (mirrors, windows, doors, prisms...)

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Access to and experiences with a wide variety of texts (mirrors, windows, doors, prisms...)

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I promise to give you the opportunity to  share what you see, think, and wonder about what you are reading with other readers.

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Got: TIps for creating energy around reading

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Got: TIps for creating energy around reading

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Book talks and speed dating

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a sense of being on the right track as conferring one on one and giving feedback are kinda my thing. :D

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Got: ways to weave reading in mini-lessons

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Got: ways to weave reading in mini-lessons

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wants: collaborating and discussing ways we can apply these to our osc-specific context

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wants: collaborating and discussing ways we can apply these to our osc-specific context

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Tools to help students read non-fiction!

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Please see the column of resources provided. :)

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Want: model for a reader's workshop within an hour lesson (on zoom)

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Want: model for a reader's workshop within an hour lesson (on zoom)

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Designing for Learning (at a Distance...and Otherwise)

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Designing for Learning (at a Distance...and Otherwise)

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Designing for Learning in MYP_DP Readers’ Workshop - Distance Learning

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want: discussions on how to "shrink" units that are, for now, written for a quarter at a time--what does 5-6 weeks look like at OSC

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want: discussions on how to "shrink" units that are, for now, written for a quarter at a time--what does 5-6 weeks look like at OSC

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This session GOT me thinking! Thinking how I can plan a progression of teaching critical reading in science

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got: time to step and clarify what my current unit is trying to do. actually created some affirmation about its focus and about how the learning progression is going.

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got: time to step and clarify what my current unit is trying to do. actually created some affirmation about its focus and about how the learning progression is going.

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I wonder should we all teach the same STRATEGY? Will it help students? Or should we expose them to various strategies and then they choose the one that suits them?

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I got a clearer picture of process. By developing a progression of analysis. Breaking it down is eye opening.

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By focusing on 2-3 skills in a unit how to avoid becoming repetitive? I agree it's a great ideal but I'm just trying to figure out a balance between 'covering v learning'.

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Jennifer Serravallo

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Jennifer Serravallo

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how tuned in to a whole bunch of texts from a whole bunch of reading levels I need to be. The idea that I'm recommending particular books to particular kids makes me realize how empty my cupboard is when it comes to knowledge of fiction that might really speak to 9th graders. In fact, I think the discipline has always struggled with this. The classic example is thinking for 50 years that the Catcher in the Rye really speaks to teenagers. Which ones?!?!?!??!?!?!??    :)

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Interesting using a key concept and breaking it down into numerous mini questions to guide the exploration of that key concept throughout the unit. Feels more authentic than saying in our unit plan "Perspective" but never actually coming to it until the summative.

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Practice! It would be nice to be a "student" in the PD next week, so that we are more actively engaged by "doing" as opposed to passively engaged by "listening"

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Intentionally building and connecting learning points, providing students with a menu of ideas/strategies which they can apply.

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A clearer sense of the structure and continuity embedded in what may appear unstructured.

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Structuring a learning experience by starting broad and explicitly referencing learning and narrowing down to a student's own personal learning, applied in their own context.

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Great ideas I can apply from the Planning Practice sheet - thanks!

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There are a lot of great ideas and resources presented in these sessions -thank you!
However, when we sit and listen for 90 minutes without being asked to actively interact with these ideas, it's hard to absorb them, and it doesn't help us process how to implement them into our school. We are not left feeling innovated and excited, rather we are left feeling lost and drained. The open conversation and problem-solving at the beginning of the session was most helpful: if some version of that could be included throughout, it would be easier to interact with the ideas and work together on ways to implement them into OSC.

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Lists from Pernille Ripp and her Middle School Students

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Lists from Pernille Ripp and her Middle School Students

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In a year unlike any other I have taught, I was curious to see how reading would be changed for our students, and changed it was. It makes sense too, with COVID impacting so many aspects of our lives, why not our reading lives as well? From kids not reading at all, to kids with no access to books, to feeling fully overwhelmed and finding little joy in the pages of books to those who burrowed deeper and read more than ever before, we faced it all and tried to do the best we could. We drove books out to kids, book talked our hearts out, gave space for independent reading time both virtually and in class, and continued our work discussing and exploring our reading journeys.

There were a lot of repeat favorites this year but also many favorites which did not get discovered because kids were not in class with us, some not at all, others only for a short amount of time. Many turned to whichever books they had at home if they had any or books they had read in the past. Which means that it was a hugely dominant year for white authors and creator, I think this speaks to what kids have access to at home as well and what they have read in the past as they gravitated toward old favorites. I noticed this early on in the year, which is why I used most of our book talks this year to highlight BIPOC authors and creators (which I do anyway every year).

As always, I loved seeing what made the cut because I simply could not do the work I do without the help of these incredible books. Some of these are fine for all 7th graders, some are more mature, I am including them all so that you can make your own decision. All parents are informed of the range of books that are present in our classroom library so that students can choose something that speaks to them. Not all of these books are in my library but are books that the students have found and read independently.
Other things I noticed were:

The most requested authors continue to be Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, Tahereh Mafi, Rick Riordan, Jeff Kinney, Alan Gratz, and Dav Pilkey.

Middle grade books were a huge hit which also speaks to what the students felt emotionally ready for. Typically we have way more YA read in 7th grade than any other genre but not this year.

Free verse books and graphic novels were still the most popular formats of books.

Social justice books continue to carry a deep impact and are passed from hand to hand but many kids also wanted fun or really fast-paced books this year that didn't take on heavy topics because they felt the world was heavy enough as it is.

Kids reading interests range widely, some students gravitated toward more traditional literature this year while others solely devoured lighthearted middle grade - this shows the incredible need for a broad and inclusive selection for all of our students.

To see the list from 2016 go here To see the list from 2017 go here To see the list from 2018, go here To see the list from 2019, go here To see the list from 2020, go here
I have gathered the list for shopping purposes at Bookshop.org - a fantastic website that partners with independent booksellers and pays them a higher percentage for anything they sell than Amazon. So please consider using them when ordering books or if you need to use Amazon please consider using this link.

Without further ado, here they are as reported by my seventh graders this year.

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs.But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity-and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki-near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire's greatest threat.Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she's ever known. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life, she will discover that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be-not even Deka herself.

One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill.

No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone could never bear. But The Reestablishment sees it as a gift, sees her as an opportunity. An opportunity for a deadly weapon.

Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she's reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, she finds a strength she never knew she had.

After Ember is rescued from a devastating house fire, she longs for a forever home. But every family that adopts the yellow Lab puppy brings her back, saying she is untrainable, has too much energy, or is just plain destructive. After three failed placements, young Ember is out of options.

The Sterling family runs a ranch that turns rescued dogs into rescue dogs. They're willing to take a chance on the young Lab, not knowing that Ember's first rescue will test her skills and strength beyond imagination...

Will Tyler may not be the biggest running back around, but no one can touch him when it comes to hitting the hole and finding the end zone. And no one can match his love of the game. When Will has a football in his hand, life can't touch him-his dad isn't so defeated, his town isn't so poor, and everyone has something to cheer for. All of which does him no good if the football season is canceled. With no funding for things like uniforms and a well-maintained playing field, with every other family moving to find jobs, there just isn't enough money or players for a season. It's up to Will to rally the town and give everyone a reason to believe . . .

September 11, 2001, New York City: Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive - and escape?

September 11, 2019, Afghanistan: Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace and progress. When a battle erupts in her village, Reshmina stumbles upon a wounded American soldier named Taz. Should she help Taz - and put herself and her family in mortal danger?

Two kids. One devastating day. Nothing will ever be the same.

When African American, fifteen-year-old Raven came to the small, white only neighborhood of Crabtree Drive she'd thought she'd already braced herself for anything...until she finds herself involved with her young neighbor; the bizarrely naïve Dave. Starting with the fact that the ignorant Dave has never heard of simple things such as birds or fire, a string of events lead Raven to realize that something is clearly wrong with Crabtree Drive. Weird pupils, racist teachers and a PE Coach that teaches students to use semi-automatic rifles are only part of her concerns. It doesn't take long before Raven becomes adamant that her and her family need to leave Crabtree Drive.

However, her plans to leave are constantly dissuaded by Dave who is adamant that nobody leaves Crabtree Drive by the road. In fact, it doesn't appear as though anybody leaves Crabtree Drive at all. This setback turns out to only be minor in comparison to what gets in Raven's path; because oftentimes a utopia for one is only a dystopia for another...

Seeing things. You were just seeing things.

For city girl Callie Velasquez, nothing sounds more terrifying than a night out in the wilderness. But, wanting to bond with her popular new friends, Lissa and Penelope, she agrees to join them on a camping trip. At least Callie's sweet new boyfriend, Jeremy, will be coming too.
But nothing goes as planned. The group loses half their food supply. Then they lose their way. And with strange sounds all around her-the snap of a twig, a sinister laugh-Callie wonders if she's losing her mind.
Tensions swirl among the group, with dark secrets suddenly revealed. And then, things take a fatal turn: Callie stumbles upon a cold dead body in the woods.
Is the murderer close by, watching them? Callie has to figure out where she can turn and who she can trust, before her own life is at stake.

On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Lesléa Newman, discussing her book Heather Has Two Mommies. Shaken, the author addressed the large audience that gathered, but she remained haunted by Matthew's murder. October Mourning, a novel in verse, is her deeply felt response to the events of that tragic day. Using her poetic imagination, the author creates fictitious monologues from various points of view, including the fence Matthew was tied to, the stars that watched over him, the deer that kept him company, and Matthew himself. More than a decade later, this stunning cycle of sixty-eight poems serves as an illumination for readers too young to remember, and as a powerful, enduring tribute to Matthew Shepard's life.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers-boys whose memories are also gone.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out-and no one's ever made it through alive.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.

Cassia has always trusted the Society's choices. And when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, she is certain he's the one-until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now she is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's ever known and a path no has dared to follow . . . between perfection and the truth.

Each contestant has their own reasons-and their own secrets-for joining the new virtual reality show CUT/OFF that places a group of teenagers alone in the wilderness. It's a simple premise: whoever lasts the longest without "tapping out" wins a cash prize. Not only that, new software creates a totally unprecedented television experience, allowing viewers to touch, see, and live everything along with the contestants. But what happens when "tapping out" doesn't work and no one comes to save you? What happens when the whole world seemingly disappears while you're stranded in the wild? Four teenagers must confront their greatest fears, their deepest secrets, and one another when they discover they are truly cut off from reality.

One choice can transform you. Beatrice Prior's society is divided into five factions-Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Beatrice must choose between staying with her Abnegation family and transferring factions.

Her choice will shock her community and herself. But the newly christened Tris also has a secret, one she's determined to keep hidden, because in this world, what makes you different makes you dangerous.

Who is Ida B. Applewood? She is a fourth grader like no other, living a life like no other, with a voice like no other, and her story will resonate long after you have put this book down.

How does Ida B cope when outside forces-life, really-attempt to derail her and her family and her future? She enters her Black Period, and it is not pretty. But then, with the help of a patient teacher, a loyal cat and dog, her beloved apple trees, and parents who believe in the same things she does (even if they sometimes act as though they don't), the resilience that is the very essence of Ida B triumph...and Ida B. Applewood takes the hand that is extended and starts to grow up.

Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules-like no making waves, avoid eating in public, and don't move so fast that your body jiggles. And she's found her safe space-her swimming pool-where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world. In the water, she can stretch herself out like a starfish and take up all the room she wants. It's also where she can get away from her pushy mom, who thinks criticizing Ellie's weight will motivate her to diet. Fortunately, Ellie has allies in her dad, her therapist, and her new neighbor, Catalina, who loves Ellie for who she is. With this support buoying her, Ellie might finally be able to cast aside the Fat Girl Rules and starfish in real life-by unapologetically being her own fabulous self.

Clay and his friends have grown up under a mountain, secretly raised by the Talons of Peace to fulfill a mysterious prophecy. The five young dragons are destined to end the war that's been raging between the tribes of Pyrrhia - but how they'll do this, none of them knows.But not every dragonet wants a destiny. When one of their own is threatened, Clay and his friends decide to escape. Maybe they can break free and end the war at the same time - or maybe they'll risk everything ...

Alice has never believed in luck, but that doesn't stop her from rooting for love. After pining for her best friend Teddy for years, she jokingly gifts him a lottery ticket-attached to a note professing her love-on his birthday. Then, the unthinkable happens: he actually wins.At first, it seems like the luckiest thing on earth. But as Teddy gets swept up by his $140 million windfall and fame and fortune come between them, Alice is forced to consider whether her stroke of good fortune might have been anything but.She bought a winning lottery ticket. He collected the cash. Will they realize that true love's the real prize?

Jack is at the top of his game. He's a senior running back on the football team, dominating every opponent in his way. To everyone else, Jack is totally in control. In reality, he struggles with an eating disorder that controls every aspect of his daily life. When Jack starts using steroids, he feels invincible, but will the steroids help him win the big game, or will he lose everything he's ever worked for?

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open. Like one marble hitting another, when the moon slams closer to earth, the result is catastrophic. Worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun.As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.

Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country knowing that she'll have to answer the question over and over again.Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability, and they discover a room at Stagecoach Pass that holds bigger secrets than Aven ever could have imagined. It's hard to solve a mystery, help a friend, and face your worst fears. But Aven's about to discover she can do it all . . . even without arms.

Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about Cassius' family and neighbors in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age twelve. Before long, he won his first Golden Gloves bout and began his transformation into the unrivaled Muhammad Ali.

Bunny and Nasir have been best friends forever, but when Bunny accepts an athletic scholarship across town, Nasir feels betrayed. While Bunny tries to fit in with his new, privileged peers, Nasir spends more time with his cousin, Wallace, who is being evicted. Nasir can't help but wonder why the neighborhood is falling over itself to help Bunny when Wallace is in trouble.When Wallace makes a bet against Bunny, Nasir is faced with an impossible decision-maybe a dangerous one.

A boy and his friends must find a way to survive in the mining tunnels after their new space colony is attacked in this gritty action-adventure novel, which School Library Journal called "a solid survival story."In space. Underground. And out of time.Christopher Nichols and his family live on a new planet, Perses, as colonists of Melming Mining's Great Mission to save the earth. Dozens of families like Christopher's have relocated, too, like his best friend Elena Rosales.A communications blackout with Earth hits, and all of Perses is on its own for three months. It's okay, though, because the colonists have prepared, stockpiling food and resources to survive. But they never prepared for an attack.Landers, as the attackers are called, obliterate the colony to steal the metal and raw ore. Now in a race against time, Christopher, along with a small group of survivors, are forced into the maze of mining tunnels. The kids run. They hide. But can they survive?

The last day of seventh grade has Jaime and Maya wondering who their real friends are.

Jaime knows something is off with her friend group. They've started to exclude her and make fun of the way she dresses and the things she likes. At least she can count on her BFF, Maya, to have her back . . . right?

Maya feels more and more annoyed with Jaime, who seems babyish compared to the other girls in their popular group. It's like she has nothing in common with Jai anymore. Are their days as BFFs numbered . . . ?

A political heist page-turner set in middle school? Is that even possible? Varian Johnson shows us how it's done. - Gordon Korman, author of SWINDLE Do yourself a favor and start reading immediately. - Rebecca Stead, author of WHEN YOU REACH ME Jackson Greene swears he's given up scheming. Then school bully Keith Sinclair announces he's running for Student Council president, against Jackson's former friend Gaby de la Cruz. Gaby wants Jackson to stay out of it - but he knows Keith has connections to the principal, which could win him the presidency no matter the vote count. So Jackson assembles a crack team: Hashemi Larijani, tech genius. Victor Cho, bankroll. Megan Feldman, science goddess. Charlie de la Cruz, reporter. Together they devise a plan that will take down Keith, win Gaby's respect, and make sure the election is done right. If they can pull it off, it will be remembered as the school's greatest con ever - one worthy of the name THE GREAT GREENE HEIST.

Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous-and extremely high-tech-fairies.
He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family's fortune.
But he may have underestimated the fairies' powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape a rigid caste system, live in a palace, and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her, and competing for a crown she doesn't want.

Then America meets Prince Maxon-and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

A tree full of monkeys the last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee thought he'd find on one of his treks through Oklahoma's Cherokee Ozarks. Jay learns from his grandfather that the monkeys have escaped from a circus and there is a big reward for anyone who finds them. He knows how much his family needs the money. Jay is determined to catch the monkeys. It's a summer of thrills and dangers no one will ever forget.

When Savannah disappears soon after arguing with her mom's boyfriend, everyone assumes she's run away. The truth is much worse. She's been kidnapped by a man in a white van who locks her in an old trailer home, far from prying eyes.And worse yet, Savannah's not alone: ten months earlier, Jenny met the same fate and nearly died trying to escape. Now as the two girls wonder if he will hold them captive forever or kill them, they must join forces to break out-even if it means they die trying.

Two teens must learn the "art of killing" in this Printz Honor-winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life-and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe-a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology.

The Thunderhead cannot interfere in the affairs of the Scythedom. All it can do is observe-it does not like what it sees.

A year has passed since Rowan had gone off grid. Since then, he has become an urban legend, a vigilante snuffing out corrupt scythes in a trial by fire. His story is told in whispers across the continent.

As Scythe Anastasia, Citra gleans with compassion and openly challenges the ideals of the "new order." But when her life is threatened and her methods questioned, it becomes clear that not everyone is open to the change.Will the Thunderhead intervene?Or will it simply watch as this perfect world begins to unravel?

Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn't mean that Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph's music lie forgotten under his bed after he's murdered-not when his rhymes could turn any Bed Stuy corner into a party.

With the help of Steph's younger sister Jasmine, they come up with a plan to promote Steph's music under a new rap name: the Architect. Soon, everyone wants a piece of him. When his demo catches the attention of a hotheaded music label rep, the trio must prove Steph's talent from beyond the grave.

As the pressure of keeping their secret grows, Quadir, Jarrell, and Jasmine are forced to confront the truth about what happened to Steph. Only, each has something to hide. And with everything riding on Steph's fame, they need to decide what they stand for or lose all that they've worked so hard to hold on to-including each other.

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.

But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.

Meet a malicious hand puppet that's as much a part of your body as your hand itself.
Attend a school that prepares students not for life, but for death.
Witness a boy who lends his baseball glove to a different kid every spring-though he himself died years ago . . .

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother's infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.At first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skills-how to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fire-and even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When Brian is finally rescued after fifty-four days in the wild, he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity, and a greater understanding of himself and his parents.

Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood-those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.

To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard-a growing Red rebellion-even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction.

One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.

In this young readers' edition of Hope Solo's exciting life story, adapted from Solo: A Memoir of Hope, the former starting goalkeeper for the U.S. women's national soccer team gives readers behind-the-scenes details of her life on and off the field.

Solo offers a fearless female role model for the next generation, driven to succeed on her own terms. Young fans will truly be inspired by Hope's repeated triumphs over adversity. Her relentless spirit has molded her into the person she is today-one of the most charismatic athletes in America.

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid-but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie's point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope.

The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best-acting silly and being adored. They've been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom.

But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they're shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids share their same first and middle names. They're the same ages. They even have identical birthdays. Who, exactly, are these strangers?

Before Chess, Emma, and Finn can question their mom about it, she takes off on a sudden work trip and leaves them in the care of Ms. Morales and her daughter, Natalie. But puzzling clues left behind lead to complex codes, hidden rooms, and a dangerous secret that will turn their world upside down.

Efram is new to Troy, Ohio, a town where football is everything. And as soon as he sets foot in Troy Central High, the school's head coach takes notice of Efram's perfect football build. Suddenly Efram is gearing up for practice―even though he has never played the game.

Flick is too small to run for a touchdown or sack a quarterback. And with his mohawk and outsider attitude, he's not exactly a team player. But he notices things on the football field that most people can't see. When Flick and Efram team up, they'll show Troy Central High a whole new way to win.

Why would Napoleon Bonaparte sell the Louisiana Territory to the recently formed United States of America? It all comes back to the island nation of Haiti, which Napoleon had planned to use as a base for trade with North America. While Napoleon climbed the ranks of the French army and government, enslaved people were organizing in Haiti under the leadership of François Mackandal, Dutty Boukman, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and Touissant L'Ouverture, who in 1791 led the largest uprising of enslaved people in history-the Haitian Revolution.

Matt is missing. Bonnie's brother left his classroom to use thebathroom -and disappeared. A police dog traces his scent to the curb, where he apparently got into a vehicle. But why would Matt go anywhere with a stranger? Overwhelmed with fear, Bonnie discovers that her dog is gone, too. Was Pookie used as a lure for Matt? Bonnie makes one big mistake in her attempt to find her brother. In a chilling climax on a Washington State ferry, Bonnie and Matt must outsmart their abductor or pay with their lives.

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration.

For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop. A few days later, at recess, one of the boys (and fellow trumpet player) Callum tells Mila it's his birthday, and asks her for a "birthday hug." He's just being friendly, isn't he? And how can she say no? But Callum's hug lasts a few seconds too long, and feels...weird. According to her friend, Zara, Mila is being immature and overreacting. Doesn't she know what flirting looks like?But the boys don't leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice-the one place Mila could always escape.It doesn't feel like flirting-so what is it? Thanks to a chance meeting, Mila begins to find solace in a new place: karate class. Slowly, with the help of a fellow classmate, Mila learns how to stand her ground and how to respect others-and herself.

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him.
When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, god of the sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends-one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena-Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.

My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods...or monsters. I still can't decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me.Then there's Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years. But there's something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what's broken in me.
Which could spell death for us all.Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason. And now someone wants to wake a sleeping monster, and I'm wondering if I was brought here intentionally-as the bait.

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.

Harry Potter spent ten long years living with Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, an aunt and uncle whose outrageous favoritism of their perfectly awful son Dudley leads to some of the most inspired dark comedy since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But fortunately for Harry, he's about to be granted a scholarship to a unique boarding school called THE HOGWORTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY, where he will become a school hero at the game of Quidditch (a kind of aerial soccer played high above the ground on broomsticks), he will make some wonderful friends, and, unfortunately, a few terrible enemies. For although he seems to be getting your run-of-the-mill boarding school experience (well, ok, even that's pretty darn out of the ordinary), Harry Potter has a destiny that he was born to fulfill. A destiny that others would kill to keep him from.

Do you believe in dragons? Now, for the first time, the long-lost research of renowned nineteenth century dragonologist Dr. Ernest Drake is presented in all its eccentric glory, happily bridging the gap between dragon legend and fact. The meticulous Dr. Drake assigns Latin names to various dragon species, ruminates on why dragons are able to speak, speculates on how they could fly, and explains the true purpose of their notorious hoarding habits.

The Center of Everything is the fictional story of 10-year-old math prodigy Evelyn Bucknow. Living in Kansas with her single mother and deeply religious grandmother, Evelyn believes she is destined to marry Travis, the boy next door. But as she grows up, she experiences the heartbreak of a love not meant to be.

Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has had a lot of field success despite only just beginning his second year at Spy School, something even graduates rarely experience. But he'd never have survived without the help from experienced agents and his friends. Now he's been called in on a solo mission-and the fate of the United States of America is on his shoulders alone.The mission: Prevent a presidential assassination by infiltrating the White House and locating the enemy operative.And when everything goes wrong, Ben must rely on his spy school friends to save his reputation...but even friends can double-cross or be swayed to the enemy's side.

Lila and Hadley by Kody Keplinger

Can a lost girl save a found dog? Find out in this unforgettable story about discovering true friendship, finding home, and the possibilities of forgiveness.
Hadley is angry about a lot of things: Her mom going to jail. Having to move to another state to live with her older sister, Beth, even though they haven't spoken in five years. Leaving her friends and her school behind. And going blind.

But then Hadley meets Lila.

Lila is an abandoned dog who spends her days just quietly lying around at the local dog rescue where Beth works. She doesn't listen to directions or play with the other dogs or show any interest in people. So when Lila comes and sits by Hadley (which is hardly anything, but it's more than she's done with others), Beth thinks maybe Hadley can help Lila. She tells Hadley they'll bring Lila home as a foster dog and Hadley can teach her to follow commands, walk on a leash, and be more of a people dog so she'll be ready to be adopted.

Only working with Lila is harder than Hadley thought, and so is the mobility training she starts taking to help with her failing vision. It feels like Lila is too stubborn to train and like learning to use a cane is impossible. But unless Hadley can help Lila, she'll never be adopted into a home. If Hadley could just let go of her anger, she might be able to save Lila... and herself.

Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

A universal story of finding a way to be comfortable in your own skin: Kate and Tam meet, and both of their worlds tip sideways. At first, Tam figures Kate is your stereotypical cheerleader; Kate sees Tam as another tall jock. And the more they keep running into each other, the more they surprise each other. Beneath Kate's sleek ponytail and perfect façade, Tam sees a goofy, sensitive, lonely girl. And Tam's so much more than a volleyball player, Kate realizes: She's everything Kate wishes she could be. It's complicated. Except it's not. When Kate and Tam meet, they fall in like. It's as simple as that. But not everybody sees it that way.

The year is 1941. Krystia lives in a small Ukrainian village under the cruel - sometimes violent - occupation of the Soviets. So when the Nazis march into town to liberate them, many of Krystia's neighbors welcome the troops with celebrations, hoping for a better life.

But conditions don't improve as expected. Krystia's friend Dolik and the other Jewish people in town warn that their new occupiers may only bring darker days.

The worst begins to happen when the Nazis blame the Jews for murders they didn't commit. As the Nazis force Jews into a ghetto, Krystia does what she can to help Dolik and his family. But what they really need is a place to hide. Faced with unimaginable tyranny and cruelty, will Krystia risk everything to protect her friends and neighbors?

Following her parents' high-profile divorce, Paige and her brother are forced to move to Idaho with their mother, and Paige doesn't have very high hopes for her new life. The small town they've moved to is nothing compared to the life she left behind in LA. And the situation is made even worse by the drafty old mansion they've rented that's filled with spiders and plenty of other pests that Paige can't even bear to imagine.Pretty soon, strange things start to happen around the house-one can of ravioli becomes a dozen, unreadable words start appearing on the walls, and Paige's little brother begins roaming the house late at night. And there's something not right about the downstairs neighbor who seems to know a lot more than he's letting on.Things only get creepier when she learns about the cult that conducted experimental rituals in the house almost one hundred years earlier. The more Paige investigates, the clearer it all becomes: there's something in the house, and whatever it is...and it won't be backing down without a fight.

I went up the hill, the hill was muddy, stomped my toe and made it bloody, should I wash it? Justin knows that something is wrong with his best friend.Zee went missing for a year. And when he came back, he was . . . different. Nobody knows what happened to him. At Zee's welcome home party, Justin and the neighborhood crew play Hide and Seek. But it goes wrong. Very wrong.One by one, everyone who plays the game disappears, pulled into a world of nightmares come to life. Justin and his friends realize this horrible place is where Zee had been trapped. All they can do now is hide from the Seeker.

Not every dragonet wants a destiny ... Clay has grown up under the mountain, chosen along with four other dragonets to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war between the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia. He's not so sure about the prophecy part, but Clay can't imagine not living with the other dragonets; they're his best friends. So when one of the dragonets is threatened, all five spring into action. Together, they will choose freedom over fate, leave the mountain, and fulfill their destiny - on their own terms.

There you have it, another year of reading, another year of great books shared. What would your students say were their favorite reads?
I am excited to be heading out on the road again to be with other educators in-district or at conferences, while continuing my virtual consulting and speaking as well. If you would like me to be a part of your professional development, please reach out. I am here to help.

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CTL graduates become voracious readers: that's a fact. But after 8th grade-and without booktalks and classroom libraries-it can be hard to find books for pleasure reading. Nancie created these lists of recommended titles for high school guys and girls looking for the next level of great books to read independently. If you're a CTL alum who's found a great book that's not on the list, would you give Krista a call? We'd love to add your beloved new titles and spread the word.

Pleasure Reading for High School Guys

Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
Adigo, AravindThe White Tiger
Alexie, ShermanFlight and Wardances
Anderson, M.T.The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party
and The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Kingdom on the Waves
Atwood, MargaretA Handmaid's Tale
Banks, RussellRule of the Bone
Barker, PatRegeneration
Bauby, Jean-DominiqueThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Benioff, DavidCity of Thieves
Bissinger, H.G.Friday Night Lights
BolaÃ±o, RobertoThe Savage Detectives
Bradbury, RayFahrenheit 451
Bryson, BillA Short History of Nearly Everything, The Thunderbolt Kid, and
A Walk in the Woods
Bowden, MarkBlackhawk Down
Burgess, AnthonyA Clockwork Orange
Carroll, JimThe Basketball Diaries
Chabon, MichaelThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Yiddish
Policeman's Union, Wonder Boys and Manhood for Amateurs
Cheever, John The Wapshot Chronicles
Diamond, JaredGuns, Germs, and Steel
Dick, PhillipMan in the High Castle
Dawidoff, NicholasThe Crowd Sounds Happy
Doctorow, E.L.Ragtime, The March, and The Book of Daniel
Draper, SharonCopper Sun
Dumas, AlexanderThe Count of Monte Cristo
Eggers, DaveA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is
the What, and Zeitoun
Ellison, RalphThe Invisible Man
Fleming, KeithThe Boy with a Thorn in His Side
Foer, Jonathan SafranExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Frazier, CharlesCold Mountain
Gaiman, NeilAmerican Gods and Anansi Boys
Galloway, GregoryAs Simple as Snow
Garland, AlexThe Beach
Gladwell, MalcolmBlink, The Tipping Point, and Outliers
Golding, WilliamLord of the Flies
Gore, AlAn Inconvenient Truth
Griffin, John HowardBlack Like Me
Guest, JudithOrdinary People
Guterson, DavidSnow Falling on Cedars
Haddon, MarkThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Haig, MattThe Dead Fathers Club
Harding, PaulTinkers
Heller, JosephCatch-22
Herbert, FrankDune
Hijuelos, OscarDark Dude
Hillenbrand, LauraSeabiscuit
Hornby, NickHigh Fidelity, About a Boy, and Slam
Hosseini, KhaledThe Kite Runner
Huxley, AldousBrave New World
Irving, JohnThe Ciderhouse Rules, Hotel New Hampshire,
A Prayer for Owen Meany, and The World According to Garp
Ishiguro, KazuoNever Let Me Go
Jones, LloydMr. Pip
Joravsky, BenHoop Dreams
Junger, SebastianWar
Kesey, KenOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
King, StephenThe Shining
Kingsolver, BarbaraThe Lacuna
Kneale, MatthewWhen We Were Romans
Koertge, RonThe Burn Journals
Korman, GordonJake Reinvented
Kovic, RonBorn on the Fourth of July
Krakauer, JohnInto Thin Air and Into the Wild
Lee, HarperTo Kill a Mockingbird
Lehane, DennisMystic River
London, JackThe Call of the Wild
Lovell, James and Jeffrey KlugerApollo 13
Ludlum, Robert The Bourne trilogy
Maclean, NormanYoung Men and Fire
McCarthy, CormacThe Crossing, The Road, and No Country for Old Men
McEwan, IanAtonement and Saturday
Mailer, NormanThe Naked and the Dead
Martel, YannLife of Pi
Martinez, A. LeeGil's All-Fright Diner
McCann, ColinLet the Great World Spin
McCormick, PatriciaPurple Heart
Mezrich, BenBringing Down the House
Moehringer, J.R.The Tender Bar
Mosley, Walter47
Nasar, SylviaA Beautiful Mind
Nicholls, DavidOne Day
Obama, BarackDreams from My Father
O'Brien, Patrick The Master and Commander series
O'Brien, TimThe Things They Carried, If I Die in a Combat Zone
and Going After Cacciato
O'Neill, JosephNetherland
Prachett, TerryNation
Proulx, E. AnnieThe Shipping News
Remarque, Erich MariaAll Quiet on the Western Front
Rice, AnneInterview with the Vampire
Rich, SimonAnt Farm
Robbins, TomEven Cowgirls Get the Blues
Robinson, LewisWater Dogs
Roth, PhillipGood-bye, Columbus and The Human Stain
Rushdie, SalmanHaroun and the Sea of Stories and Luka and the Fire of Life
Russo, RichardEmpire Falls
Sacco, JoePalestine and Safe Area Gorazde
Sagan, CarlContact
Salinger, J.D.Catcher in the Rye
Satrapi, MarjanePersepolis and Persepolis II
Schiff, DavidBeautiful Boy
Sedaris, DavidDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Naked,
and Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sharra, MichaelThe Killer Angels
Shepard, JimProject X
Silverstein, KenThe Radioactive Boy Scout
Spiegelman, ArtMaus I and Maus II
Swofford, AnthonyJarhead
Tartt, DonnaThe Secret History
Tinti, HannahThe Good Thief
Trumbo, DaltonJohnny Got His Gun
Updike, JohnThe Centaur, Couples, and the Rabbit trilogy
Vizzini, NedBe More Chill and It's Kind of a Funny Story
Vonnegut, KurtWelcome to the Monkey House, Armageddon in Retrospect,
Slapstick, and Slaughterhouse-Five
Walls, JeanetteThe Glass Castle
Whitehead, ColsonSag Harbor
Wiesel, ElieNight
Wolff, TobiasIn Pharaoh's Army, Our Story Begins, Old School,
and This Boy's Life
Wright, RichardNative Son and Black Boy
Wroblewski, DavidThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Young, Rusty and Thomas McFaddenMarching Powder
Zusak, MarkusThe Book Thief and I Am the Messenger
Zinn, HowardA People's History of the United States

Pleasure Reading for High School Girls

Allende, IsabelThe House of the Spirits, Ines of My Soul and Island Beneath the Sea
Anderson, Laurie HalseSpeak
Atkinson, KateBehind the Scenes at the Museum
Atwood, MargaretAlias Grace, The Blind Assassin, Cat's Eye,
The Handmaid's Tale, Moral Disorder, and Surfacing
Austen, JaneEmma, Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield Park
Bank, MelissaThe Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing and The Wonder Spot
Banks, RussellRule of the Bone and The Sweet Hereafter
Barker, PatRegeneration
Bauby, Jean-DominiqueThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Beattie, AnnChilly Scenes of Winter
Bloom, AmyWhere the God of Love Hangs Out
Bronte, CharlotteJane Eyre
Byatt, A.S.Possession
Chabon, MichaelWonder Boys and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay
Chang, JungWild Swans
Cheever, JohnThe Wapshot Chronicles
Colwin, LaurieHappy All the Time, Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
Desai, KiranThe Inheritance of Loss
Diamond, JaredGuns, Germs, and Steel
Doctorow, E.L.The Book of Daniel and Ragtime
Donnelly, JenniferA Northern Light
Dorris, MichaelA Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Draper, SharonCopper Sun
Dudman, MarthaAugusta Gone
DuMaurier, DaphneRebecca
Edwards, KimThe Memory Keeper's Daughter
Eggers, DaveA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Zeitoun
Enright, AnneThe Gathering
Eugenides, JeffreyMiddlesex and The Virgin Suicides
Fitch, JanetWhite Oleander
Fitzgerald, F. ScottThe Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night
Foer, Jonathan SafranExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Forster, E.M.Howard's End and A Room with a View
Fowler, KarenThe Jane Austen Book Club
Fowles, JohnThe French Lieutenant's Woman
Franzen, JonathanThe Corrections
Frazier, CharlesCold Mountain
Freudenberger, NeilLucky Girls
Galloway, GregoryAs Simple As Snow
Gilbert, ElizabethStern Men
Gladwell, MalcolmBlink, The Tipping Point, and Outliers
Golding, WilliamLord of the Flies
Green, HannahI Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Griffin, John HowardBlack Like Me
Guest, JudithOrdinary People
Haig, MattThe Dead Fathers Club
Harding, PaulTinkers
Harris, JaneThe Observations
Harris, JoanneChocolat
Haddon, MarkThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Haruf, KenPlainsong
Hoffman, AliceAt Risk
Hornby, NickAbout a Boy and High Fidelity
Irving, JohnCiderhouse Rules, The Hotel New Hampshire
A Prayer for Owen Meany, and The World According to Garp
Ishiguro, KazuoNever Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day
Janzen, RhodaMennonite in a Little Black Dress
Johnson, DianeLe Divorce
Johnson, JoyceMinor Characters
Jones, LloydMr. Pip
Karr, MaryCherry, Liar's Club, and Lit
Kaysen, SusannaGirl, Interrupted
Kidd, Sue MonkThe Secret Life of Bees
Kingsolver, BarbaraAnimal Dreams, The Bean Trees
The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible
Kneale, MatthewWhen We Were Romans
Koertge, RonThe Burn Journals
Krakauer, JohnInto the Wild and Into Thin Air
Krauss, NicholeThe History of Love
Lamott, AnneBlue Shoe
Lee, HarperTo Kill a Mockingbird
Letts, BillieWhere the Heart Is
Levy, AndreaA Small Island
Lockhart, E.The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
McCann, ColinLet the Great World Spin
McCarthy, MaryA Charmed Life and The Group
McEwan, IanAtonement
Marquez, Gabriel GarciaLove in the Time of Cholera
and One Hundred Years of Solitude
Martin, SteveShopgirl
Messud, ClaireThe Emperor's Children
Minot, SusanEvening and Monkeys
Moody, RickThe Ice Storm
Moore, LorrieBirds of America, A Gate at the Stairs, and Who Will
Run the Frog Hospital?
Morrison, ToniBeloved, The Bluest Eye, and A Mercy
Munro, AliceDance of the Happy Shades, Friend of My Youth
Lives of Girls and Women, The Love of a Good Woman, Runaway
and Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You
Nabukov, VladimirLolita and Pale Fire
Nafisi, AzarReading Lolita in Tehran
Nasar, SylviaA Beautiful Mind
Nicholls, DavidOne Day
Oates, Joyce CarolWe Were the Mulvaneys
Obama, BarackDreams from My Father
O'Brien, TimThe Things They Carried
Ondaatje, MichaelThe English Patient
Patchett, AnneBel Canto and Truth and Beauty: A Friendship
Perotta, TomElection
Pessl, MarishaSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics
Plath, SylviaThe Bell Jar
Prose, FrancineGoldengrove
Proulx, E. AnnieThe Shipping News
Robinson, MarilynGilead and Housekeeping
Reichl, RuthTender at the Bone
Rich, SimonAnt Farm
Rosoff, MegThe Bride's Farewell, How I Live Now, and What I Was
Roth, PhilipGood-bye Columbus and The Human Stain
Roy, ArundhatiThe God of Small Things
Rushdie, SalmanHaroun and the Sea of Stories and Luka and the Fire of Life
Russo, RichardEmpire Falls
Salinger, J.D.The Catcher in the Rye
Satrapi, MarjanePersepolis and Persepolis II
Schiff, DavidBeautiful Boy
Sebold, AliceLovely Bones
Sedaris, DavidDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Me Talk Pretty Some Day, and Naked
Shields, CarolUnless
Simpson, MonaAnywhere But Here
Sittenfeld, CurtisPrep
Smiley, JaneA Thousand Acres
Smith, AliThe Accidental
Smith, AlisonName All the Animals
Smith, DodieI Capture the Castle
Smith, ZadieOn Beauty and White Teeth
Spencer, ScottWaking the Dead
Stewart, LeahThe Myth of You and Me
Stegner, WallaceAngle of Repose and Crossing to Safety
Stockett, KathrynThe Help
Strout, ElizabethAmy and Isabelle and Olive Kitteridge
Sullivan, J. CourtneyCommencement
Tan, AmyThe Joy Luck Club
Tartt, DonnaThe Secret History
Tinti, HannahThe Good Thief
Toews, MiriamA Complicated Kindness
Trillin, CalvinAbout Alice, Remembering Denny, and others
Updike, JohnThe Centaur, Couples, The Witches of Eastwick, and
the Rabbit series
Vonnegut, Jr., KurtSlapstick, Welcome to the Monkey House, and
Slaughterhouse Five
Walbert, KateA Short History of Women
Wall, JeanetteThe Glass Castle
Waugh, EvelynBrideshead Revisited
Wharton, EdithHouse of Mirth
Woolf, VirginiaTo the Lighthouse and A Room of One's Own
Wright, RichardNative Son and Black Boy
Wroblewski, DavidThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Young, Rusty and Thomas McFaddenMarching Powder
Zinn, HowardA People's History of the United States

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Patterns of Power, Grades 6–8: Inviting Adolescent Writers into the Conventions of Language

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Now Available! “Is this right? Is this how it’s supposed to look?” Adolescent writers often ask these kinds of questions because traditional grammar instruction focuses too much on what’s right or what’s wrong. The fear of making a mistake hides the true power of conventions – the creation of meanin…

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Lucy Calkins and Colleagues at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project present A Reading Conference: Teaching Intertextuality to a Student (5-8)

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Today was the first day in which I managed to get a one on one with some students--asking them to read aloud, identifying something they did well (forever skill) like letting the commas guide their intonation and to let opening phrases/dependent clauses set up main clauses--and then asking them for a sentence, phrase, word as a strategy to identify main ideas.