Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Only for teachers, Literature Studies | 6 February 2014
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Exploring Literature is a complete teaching unit designed to give you everything needed to help students understand and appreciate fine literature. This exciting new approach includes classroom-tested activities sure to save you hours of valuable preparation time.
Island of the Blue Dolphins: Literature Resource Guide
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Only for teachers, Literature Studies | 5 February 2014
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Exploring Literature is a complete teaching unit designed to give you everything needed to help students understand and appreciate fine literature. This exciting new approach includes classroom-tested activities sure to save you hours of valuable preparation time.
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Only for teachers, Literature Studies | 5 February 2014
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6 Sensational Scenes From Favorite Plays and Dozens of Fun Ideas That Introduce Students to the Wonderful Works of Shakespeare
An experienced teacher—and Shakespeare fan—shares the six scenes she uses as springboards to introduce her students to the world’s greatest playwright. Ready-to-reproduce scenes from plays like Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and As You Like It plus exciting mini-lessons and motivating activities will help you and your students explore meter, metaphor, imagery, alliteration, and much more.
Think aloud as you read from a novel, a textbook, or any kind of book and watch your students become confident, fluent readers! With this simple, powerful technique, you can show students how you use strategies such as inferring, visualizing, and summarizing. Finally, students can "see" what good readers do and apply it to their own reading process. Think alouds are great for struggling readers, because they make reading an active, social experience. Includes engaging activities like Open Mind, Fish Bowl, Thought Bubbles, Post its, and more. For use with Grades 3-8.
