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1. 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.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Preparing for the Journey: An Introduction to the Hero Myth
   Students read a variety of picture books that contain elements of the hero's journey and use an online interactive tool to analyze the stories.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Recording Readers Theatre: Developing Comprehension and Fluency With Audio Texts
   Students investigate audio texts of mystery stories, evaluate them in terms of both literary and audio qualities, and create Readers Theatre scripts, which they use to record their own podcasts.
4. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Rereadings and Literacy: How Students' Second Readings Might Open Third Spaces
   How can we reclaim the joy of reading? In this study, students reflect on and discuss their experiences as readers.
5. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Zora Neale Hurston in the Classroom: "With a Harp and a Sword in My Hands"
   The book offers a practical approach to Hurston using a range of student-centered activities for teaching Hurston's nonfiction, short stories, and the print and film versions of Their Eyes Were Watching God.