E-grāmata: Model Lessons, Teaching Strategies, and High-Quality Texts: Supporting Common Core State Standards for Reading Grades 6 - 8

This book is an excellent and timely resource to support teachers as they navigate the new Common Core State Standards in middle school language arts.  It provides coherent, practical, and engaging lessons and strategies, and is replete with fiction and nonfiction exemplars from the literary canon.  An impressive set of materials, including talking points, specific strategies, activities, vocabulary lists, templates, literary excerpts, and more!  This book would be useful for college students, curriculum directors, and teachers who want accessible support for aligning practices with the Common Core.  Teachers can just grab this book and go! -- Anita S. Charles, Ph.D. in Adolescent Literacy; Director of Teacher Education, Bates College High quality literature, thoughtful commentary, specific teaching strategies, and talking points combination that works for ELA teachers who want to facilitate their students ability to meet the rigors of the Common Core ELA reading standards. -- Susan B. Martin, chief academic officer, Lewiston School Department, Lewiston, Maine Gisele Cyr has created a powerful resource that will assist teachers in meeting the rigorous requirements of the Common Core. She has designed a practical, instructional tool for addressing reading comprehension, word study, and critical thinking skills. Model Lessons, Teaching Strategies, and High Quality Texts is a must read for any instructor wanting to implement teaching strategies through rich literature. This book should be an essential part of every middle school teachers Common Core resource library. -- George Veilleux, director of instructional support, Lewiston Public Schools Gisele Cyr has combined her years of teaching experience and her knowledge of the Common Core State Standards to create this resource for teachers looking for a way to get started with the reading standards of the Common Core State Standards. The lessons offer opportunities for direct instruction, guided practice and independent work while students are interacting with high quality literature. -- Karen Paquette, M. Ed., assistant principal and literacy specialist, Lewiston Middle School, Lewiston, Maine Model Lessons, Teaching Strategies, and High Quality Texts Supporting the Common Core State Standards for Reading Grades 6-8 is just what teachers and staff developers need to help implement the Literacy Common Core standards. It is a useful guide full of practical teaching strategies that educators can add to their toolbox. I recommend this book for educators seeking to approach the implementation of the Common Core standards with purpose and clarity. -- Rosemary Ginn, M.Ed; literacy specialist, Cape Elizabeth, Maine School Department This book is a treasure trove of engaging activities to teach literary elements using the complex texts that the Common Core demands. The teaching tips and talking points are excellent tools to help teachers show students how to navigate challenging, classic works, and make those timeless texts relevant to 21st century adolescents. Cyr offers a wide array of literary excerpts from every genre, each expertly selected to support a specific concept and learning standard. This is a must-have resource for every middle school reading teacher. -- Susan B. Weber, literacy specialist and middle school literacy teacher