Teaching Reading Strategies with Literature That Matters to Middle Schoolers

by Nancy Fordham and Alexa Sandmann

Book Overview

Standards-based lessons help students learn and apply key reading strategies and also explore different themes commonly taught in middle school--such as Forging One's Identity, Friendship, Making Choices, and the Pioneering Spirit. The engaging lessons provide teachers with ways to scaffold students before, during, and after reading, and show how to model the use of reading strategies. Purposeful small-group activities encourage discussion. Reproducible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439465907
• ISBN13: 9780439465908
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.8"