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1. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Cold Plums and the Old Men in the Water: Let Children Read and Write "Great" Poetry
   The author of this article advocates using "great" poetry with children, and providing the link between the reading and writing of poetry.
2. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Developing Critical Awareness at the Middle Level: Using Texts as Tools for Critique and Pleasure
   This unique instructional approach enables students to read literature they enjoy while developing critical consciousness and addressing issues of social justice.
3. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Engaging the Disengaged: Using Learning Clubs to Motivate Struggling Adolescent Readers and Writers
   This article describes the use of learning clubs to motivate struggling students to engage in literacy events and foster literacy development.
4. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Happily Ever After: Sharing Folk Literature With Elementary and Middle School Students
   This unique text provides background about folk literature and how to use this rich genre in your classroom.
5. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   "Help! What Is Wrong With These Literature Circles and How Can We Fix Them?"
   The authors of this article offer some suggestions for how to improve literature circle discussions.
6. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Literature, Literacy, and Comprehension Strategies in the Elementary School
   Joy F. Moss focuses on literature units structured around read-aloud/think-aloud group sessions in which students collaborate to construct meaning.
7. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 9  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Power of Picture Books, The: Using Content Area Literature in Middle School
   Featuring descriptions and activities for fifty exceptional titles, Mary Jo Fresch and Peggy Harkins offer a wealth of ideas for harnessing the power of picture books to improve reading and writing in the content areas.
8. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Radical Change and Wikis: Teaching New Literacies
   Researchers in this study found that students had developed some visual literacy skills using Radical Change texts and wikis.
9. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Reader Response Meets New Literacies: Empowering Readers in Online Learning Communities
   New literacies are here to stay. This article explores the use of e-books and online literature circles.
10. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Recentering the Middle School Classroom as a Vibrant Learning Community: Students, Literacy, and Technology Intersect
    Examine the ways in which community can be constructed in the middle school classroom using online electronic discussions of literature.

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