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Literature and Composition: Reading - Writing - Thinking

Literature & Fiction

Shea, Renee H.

Jago, Carol

Aufses, Robin Dissin

Scanlon, Lawrence

Literary

Bedford/St.Martin's

Reading the classics isn't easy. Students often balk at the difficult syntax, unfamiliar settings, and descriptive passages. Length alone keeps some books out of the curriculum. For a teacher to persist - sometimes coaxing, sometimes driving - requires an act of will. In Classics in the Classroom Carol Jago provides practical ideas for making these challenging texts come alive for contemporary students. Continuing in the tradition of her popular book With Rigor for All, Jago argues that all students, not just those enrolled in honors classes, deserve to read great literature. To make this happen requires artfully crafted lessons that address specific textual challenges. In Classics in the Classroom Jago shares her lesson plans and materials for teaching: 
<ul>
<li>vocabulary </li> <li>character study</li> <li>story grammar</li> <li>literary elements</li> <li>metaphorical thinking</li> </ul> Jago also offers practical wisdom for helping all students learn and enjoy great literature. Simply assigning books is not enough. Teachers need an instructional plan that makes difficult texts accessible.

Classics in the Classroom: Designing Accessible Literature Lessons

Teen & Young Adult

Heinemann

You're reading as fast as you can, but the pile of unread essays grows taller and taller. Guilt mounts. Students want to know when their papers will come back. Grading begins consuming all your energy, your weekends, your life. Grading papers is a fact of life, especially in English classrooms, and the paper load is a leading cause of teacher burnout. Fortunately, Carl Jago's here to help, and in Papers, Papers, Papers, she offers you advice honed from thirty-one years in the English classroom and forty-five thousand papers worth of grading. You'll not only get through stacks of papers, but you'll do so accurately, completely, and with the time you need to give each and every student in your classes the attention they deserve. Ever practical and always professional, Jago suggests techniques that can be implemented right away to turn your mountain of essays into a foothill. She covers every aspect of attentive grading, including: <ul>
<li>responding to student drafts</li> <li>commenting rather than correcting</li> <li>using scoring guides and rubrics for common expectations</li> <li>fostering improvement from one paper to the next</li> <li>effective peer- and self-editing</li> <li>suggestions for alternatives to essays.</li> </ul>
With all this and her Ten Tips for Handling the Paper Load, Carol Jago gives you everything you need to keep on top of student papers.

Papers, Papers, Papers: An English Teacher's Survival Guide

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Teaching students to write well is hard. Team teaching with a master writing teacher can make it easier-and more productive. Come to Class offers you that opportunity. In Come to Class, Carol Jago shares the writing lessons and classroom survival skills she honed over 32 years of teaching. Each lesson describes Carol's teaching moves and language and includes suggestions on pacing the lesson, setting students up for success, organizing flexible groups, and troubleshooting common classroom management problems. Organized around five fundamental types of writing-expository writing, persuasive writing, writing about literature, narrative writing, and reflective writing-Come to Class will help you personalize your writing curriculum while at the same time it will support you as you prepare your students for district assessments.

Come to Class: Lessons for High School Writers

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

FirstHand

Heinemann Educational Books

Come to Class: Writing to Explain (Lessons for High School Writers)

Come to Class: Writing About Literature (Lessons for High School Writers)

Come to Class: Narrative Writing (Lessons for High School Writers)

"The stakes are high. Without artful instruction, many students will never acquire the literacy skills they need not only to meet Common Core Standards but also to meet the challenges this brave new world is sure to deal them." Carol Jago Again and again the Common Core Standards state that students must read "proficiently and independently" but how do we achieve this when students are groaning about having to read demanding literature and looking for ways to pass the class without turning pages? Carol Jago shows middle and high school teachers how to create English classrooms where students care about living literate lives and develop into proficient independent readers. With 50% new material, With Rigor for All, Second Edition features: <ul>
<li>integration of the Common Core State Standards as teaching touchstones</li> <li>
YA lit pairings with classic texts to aid comprehension for middle and high school students </li> <li>tips to motivate reluctant readers with immersion, encouragement, and small steps</li> <li>a study guide and guidelines for curriculum development.</li> </ul>
Students need books that mirror their own experiences and if you teach literature that you love, your students will be more likely to love it too. Let Carol show you how to create an individually designed curriculum in which students read literary works of comparable quality, complexity, and range and enjoy doing it! CUSTOMER QUESTIONS: Question 1: In chapter 7 you discussed testing that teaches (also one of my favorite chapters!) You gave me some great, realistic ideas for assessment. What advice would you give to teachers that feel they must "teach to the test?" Some teachers feel if they don't assess the way their students are assessed on state exams they are not adequately preparing them. What would you say to those teachers? <ul>
<li>Teaching to the test is a waste of time. Long term, it doesn't "take." The new Common Core assessments are going to include performance tasks that will require students to read and write extensively. I'm hoping this will help send the message that preparing students for the occasional high stakes moments is best accomplished by teaching them authentically to read and write well. And don't forget listening and speaking! If I were in charge of the world, every child would participate regularly in Socratic seminars -- critical thinking about critical texts, K-12.</li> </ul>
Question 2: What do you think is the most important thing for teachers to understand or embrace as they move forward with implementing the Common Core State Standards? <ul>
<li>The most important thing for teachers to understand about the Common Core is that it is a clarion call to accelerate learning in our classrooms. More is more when it comes to reading and writing. At the moment there is still too much filling out of worksheets going on in classrooms. Just calling the page a "graphic organizer" doesn't make it less of a fill-in-the-blanks task. How to include nonfiction along with literature? Have students read twice as much over the course of the year (easier said than done, I know!)</li> </ul>

With Rigor for All, Second Edition: Meeting Common Core Standards for Reading Literature

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

With Rigor for All, Second Edition (Print eBook Bundle): Meeting Common Core Standards for Reading Literature

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Literature and Composition: Reading - Writing - Thinking

Classics in the Classroom: Designing Accessible Literature Lessons

Papers, Papers, Papers: An English Teacher's Survival Guide

Come to Class: Lessons for High School Writers

Come to Class: Lessons for High School Writers

Come to Class: Lessons for High School Writers

Come to Class: Lessons for High School Writers

Come to Class: Lessons for High School Writers

With Rigor for All, Second Edition: Meeting Common Core Standards for Reading Literature

With Rigor for All, Second Edition (Print eBook Bundle): Meeting Common Core Standards for Reading Literature