Introduces forty contemporary books aimed at readers in grades 5 through 12, giving information about the author, a plot summary, suggestions for introducing the book to students, and a section on additional activities.
Rebound Caper Halercrift , David . Benched ! Hallowell , Tommy . Jester in the Backcourt Ace Hits the Big Time Bethancourt , T. Ernesto . The Me Inside of Me Myers , Walter Dean . Mouse Rap Where the Deer and the Cantaloupe Play ...
The Teen Years : Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- to 18-year Old Cafi Cohen. Bolles , Richard . ... Cracking the SAT II : English Subject Tests 1999–2000 . ... The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2000.
... reader's understanding of — and hence involvement in the text , I concentrate on readers ' encounters with the printed page and their reactions to those encounters . Louise Rosenblatt ( 1978 , 12 ) draws a useful distinction between ...
Brown, Pam. Father Damien. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens, 1988. 68p. $16.95. ISBN 0-55532-815- 6. (People Who Have Helped the World). 7-9 Born Josef de Veuster-Wouters in 1840 in the Flemish area of Belgium, Father Damien trained for ...
Rankin, Virginia. "The Thought that Counts: Six Skills that Help Kids Turn Notes into Knowledge," School Library Journal (August 1999): 27-29. Rankin uses graphic organizers and extension questions to assist students when they are using ...
... deep suffering prejudice inflicts on the intelligent , sensitive Negro . 12 When I read Saint - Exupery's Wind , Sand Fighting Weeds and Insects 83.
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Roscoe , Lorraine , 110 Rosenberg , Michael S. , 633 Rosenblum , Joseph ( ed . ) , 492 Rosenfeld , Louis , 461 Rosow , La Vergne , 551 Ross , Calvin , 114 Rothschild , D. Aviva , 479 Roxton , Tinik I. ( ed . ) ...
£Q Cassie Binegar During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie learns to accept change and to find her own space. Cfl The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt An 1 1 -year-old cellist learns about life from ...
Offers proven strategies for linking teens and reading, including using fiction, nonfiction, booktalking, school resources, book promotion, training, and online resources. The interspersed Reading Scenes - success stories, day-to-day accounts,...