Writers at Play is a very important book a must read for everyone who teaches writing. Judith Langer Rather than a frill at the margins of the curriculum, Mary Adler argues forcefully that fiction writing can lie at the core of developing both language skills and depth of understanding. Arthur Applebee Creativity doesn t have to be sacrificed; it can be embraced. In the era of high stakes tests, Mary Adler reminds us that writing should be enjoyable. Douglas Fisher The balance between structure and freedom is new to many writing teachers and students, explains Mary Adler. But fiction appeals to students battered by the rules of writing and test preparation students who have never experienced the freedom side of the equation. With Writers at Play you ll give adolescents stifled by curricular mandates a way into writing that develops their maturity, richness of language, and craft. In Writers at Play Mary combines her own fresh ideas with current research and important thinking on the role of play and shows you how to strike the balance between prompts and improvisation by: developing writing exercises that build fiction technique and encourage imaginative play promoting growth in craft with revision strategies and peer feedback creating space for unprompted writing so adolescents can find their own material and shape it for an audience designing creative writing curricula that supports students writing and social development. For students, creating fiction can be a highly motivating process that yields high-quality student writing. The key, writes Mary Adler, is finding ways to allow the adventure while guiding the direction. Use Writers at Play and find a way to help even hard-to-reach students discover a passion for writing and improve the quality of their written work.

Writers at Play: Making the Space for Adolescents to Balance Imagination and Craft

Reference

Adler, Mary

Words, Language & Grammar

Heinemann

Want to help students achieve greater depth of reading, writing, and understanding? This book shows teachers how to facilitate discussions where students share rich, defensible interpretations of literature and solid, reasoned, understandings of any concepts under study. Based on the authors’ extensive research in middle schools, it describes why discussion-based instruction is crucial to achievement, and then shows you how to introduce and sustain discussions. The authors clearly define the teacher’s role and provide lots of successful strategies such as provocative statements and journal jots. Trouble-shooting sections answer common questions teachers have, such as how to correct a wrong interpretation and how to teach students to build on each other’s comments.

Building Literacy Through Classroom Discussion: Research-Based Strategies for Developing Critical Readers and Thoughtful Writers in Middle School

Education & Teaching

Rougle, Eija

Schools & Teaching

Theory and Practice

Edited by Linda Rodriguez and featuring an introduction by Susan Van Kirk, The Fish That Got Away is the latest anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume selects 20 great new stories from the rising stars of mystery fiction! 
Included are: 
TO EVERY SEASON • Mary Adler 
BLACK ON BLACK IN BLACK • MB Dabney 
THE PEARL NECKLACE • E.B. Davis 
KNOW NOTHING • C. M. Surrisi 
GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD • Mary Dutta 
QUARRY • Susan Alice Bickford 
CATCH AND RELEASE • Mark Thielman 
DEAD ARMADILLOS DON’T DANCE • Kari Wainwright 
THE CASE OF THE ABUSED ARTICHOKE • Cynthia Sabelhaus 
WILD ABOUT SAFFRON • Marcia Adair 
GOOD NEIGHBORS • Victoria Kazarian 
STRESS KILLS • Cheryl Marceau 
GRANDDAD’S BLOOD BAIT • Gene Garrison 
THE LEGEND OF BAHAMA BOBBY • Melinda Loomis 
RELEASING LIVES • P. A. De Voe 
KILLER’S CRUISE • Joseph S. Walker 
BOOK DROP • Sarah A. Bresniker 
THE LAST LAUGH • Lori Roberts Herbst 
THE CANINE CAPER • Michele Bazan Reed 
TRUE COLORS • C. M. West

The Fish That Got Away: The 2021 Sisters in Crime Guppy Anthology

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Surrisi, C. M.

Sabelhaus, Cynthia

Dabney, MB

Davis, E.B.

Dutta, Mary

Bickford, Susan Alice

Thielman, Mark

Mystery

Wildside Press

Malice Domestic 18: Mystery Most Devious

Pachter, Josh

Norlander, Linda

Chase, Joslyn

Brown, Susan Love

Anger, Sue

Jain, Smita Harish

Slee, Jennifer

Bernier, Ashley-Ruth M.

San Francisco, 1944. Sophia Nirenska, a Polish resistance fighter who survived the Warsaw ghetto uprising, finds safety in California until someone tries to kill her. She insists political enemies want to silence her, but homicide detective Oliver Wright, on medical leave from the Marines, believes the motive is more personal. He and his German shepherd, Harley, try to protect Sophia, but she insists on doing things her own way—a dangerous decision. Oliver guards Sophia as they travel from an Italian cafe in Richmond to communist chicken farmers in Petaluma where her impetuous actions put them both in mortal danger. When Oliver rescues a girl and her dog who are running for their lives, he discovers the dark secret at the heart of the threat to Sophia, a secret with its roots in Poland. When he does, he is forced to choose between enforcing the law as he knows it and jeopardizing Sophia or accepting a rougher kind of justice. Shadowed by Death accurately portrays the fears and troubles of the communities of northern California as they bear the burdens of World War II and celebrate the gift of finding family among strangers.

Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WW II Mystery

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Dancing Dog Books

Richmond, California. World War II. Marine Lieutenant Oliver Wright comes home from the war in the Pacific injured and afraid his career as a homicide detective is over. But when an Italian Prisoner of War is murdered the night the Port Chicago Mutiny verdicts are announced, and black soldiers are suspected of the crime, the Army asks Oliver to find out the truth. He and his canine partner Harley join forces with an Italian POW captain and with a black MP embittered by a segregated military. During their investigation, these unlikely allies expose layers of deceit and violence that stretch back to World War I and uncover a common thread that connects the murder to earlier crimes. In the Shadow of Lies reveals the darkness and turmoil of the Bay Area during World War II, while celebrating the spirit of the everyday people who made up the home front. Its intriguing characters will resonate with the reader long after its deftly intertwined mysteries are solved.

In the Shadow of Lies: An Oliver Wright WW II Mystery

Genre Fiction

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