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1. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Amy Tan in the Classroom: "The art of invisible strength"
   Offers high school teachers an activity-based approach to teaching the works of Amy Tan, especially The Joy Luck Club and The Opposite of Fate.
2. Professional Development | Grades   2 – 7  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Creating Lifelong Readers Through Independent Reading
   This book provides information on the benefits of independent reading, how to set up a classroom library, and ways to actively engage students in independent reading.
3. Professional Development | Grades   K – 3  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Informational Text in K-3 Classrooms: Helping Children Read and Write
   Learn how to integrate informational text into early reading instruction.
4. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Langston Hughes in the Classroom: "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"
   Carmaletta M. Williams provides high school teachers with background on Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance as well as help in teaching Hughes's poetry, short stories, novels, and autobiography.
5. 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.
6. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Reading and Writing Nonfiction Genres
   This practical, hands-on text shows how to teach nonfiction to elementary students.
7. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 10  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Reading for Learning: Using Discipline-Based Texts to Build Content Knowledge
   Heather Lattimer provides practical, classroom-tested approaches to helping students access and critically respond to content-based texts.
8. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Reading in the Reel World: Teaching Documentaries and Other Nonfiction Texts
   John Golden offers middle and high school teachers a practical guide for using documentary film in the classroom to improve students' reading, writing, and thinking skills.
9. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Sherman Alexie in the Classroom: "This is not a silent movie. Our voices will save our lives."
   Provides high school teachers with teaching strategies, classroom activities, and student samples for teaching the works of Sherman Alexie.
10. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Teaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives
    This book is designed to help teachers develop their own version of YA pedagogy and a vision for teaching YA lit in the middle and secondary classroom.

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