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WONDROUS WORDS:  Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom WONDROUS WORDS: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom

An extremely popular title with teachers. Very practical and easy to use. elementary teachers will be able to immediately be able to adapt these writing ideas to their own writing lessons.
Publisher: NCTE
Author: KATIE WOOD RAY
Price: $29.95

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"You Gotta BE the Book": Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents

With its lively mixture of theoretical argument and classroom storytelling, "You Gotta BE the Book" will enrich the view of reading held by language arts teachers at all levels. Wilhelm's vital book looks at "what this act of reading really is": a social practice and a search for meaning. He develops a powerful alternative to traditional models of close reading and bottom-up reading instruction.
Publisher: NCTE
Author: Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
Price: $23.95

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Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel

As teachers, we're always looking for new ways to help our students engage with texts. James Bucky Carter and the contributors to this collection have found an effective approach: use graphic novels! Packed with great ideas for integrating graphic novels into the curriculum, this collection of creative and effective teaching strategies will help you and your students join the fun.
Publisher: NCTE
Author: James Bucky Carter, ed.
Price: $30.95

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Engaging Grammar: Practical Advice for Real Classrooms Engaging Grammar: Practical Advice for Real Classrooms

Teacher, researcher, and consultant Amy Benjamin challenges the idea of "skill and drill" grammar in this lively, engaging, and immensely practical guide. Her enlightened view of grammar is grounded in linguistics and teaches us how to make informed decisions about teaching grammar - how to move beyond fixing surface errors to teaching how grammar can be used as the building blocks of sentences to create meaning.
Publisher: NCTE
Author: A. Benjamin, T. Oliva
Price: $26.95

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Family Message Journals: Teaching Writing through Family Involvement Family Message Journals: Teaching Writing through Family Involvement

Wollman-Bonilla's analysis of how two primary grade teachers implement Family Message Journals in their classrooms illustrates that the journals are a workable, realistic, and effective strategy for literacy and content-area learning.
Publisher: NCTE
Author: Julie Wollman-Bonilla
Price: $21.95

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Grammar Alive: A Guide for Teachers Grammar Alive: A Guide for Teachers

Grammar Alive! offers teachers ways to negotiate the often conflicting goals of testing, confident writing, the culturally inclusive classroom, and the teaching of Standard English while also honoring other varieties of English.
Publisher: NCTE
Author: Brock Haussamen
Price: $23.95

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Lesson Plans for Teaching Writing Lesson Plans for Teaching Writing

Why do students often graduate from high school unprepared for college writing? And what can we do about it? These are the questions that a group of classroom teachers set out to explore.
Publisher: NCTE
Author: Chris Jennings Dixon
Price: $29.95

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Living Voices: Multicultural Poetry in the Middle School Classroom Living Voices: Multicultural Poetry in the Middle School Classroom

Middle school students often find studying poetry to be a fearful and frustrating experience. In this versatile teacher's resource, Jaime R. Wood uses her passion for and knowledge of poetry to help students overcome their fears and to introduce students to a kind of literacy they can get excited about.
Publisher: NCTE
Author: Jaime R. Wood
Price: $33.95

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