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- Professional Development | Grades 5 – 8 | Professional Library | Journal
Fresh Perspectives on New Literacies and Technology Integration
This article provides practical ideas for integrating technologies into the classroom in ways that honor students' out-of-school technology funds of knowledge. - Professional Development | Grades 6 – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements: How to Teach What Really Matters about Character, Setting, Point of View, and Theme
Michael Smith and Jeffrey Wilhelm illuminate the intricacies of character, setting, point of view, and theme, helping students apply their understanding of literary elements to their reading as well as their writing. - Professional Development | Grades 7 – 12 | Professional Library | Journal
From Sheryl Crow to Homer Simpson: Literature and Composition through Pop Culture
High school teacher Jerome Evans makes popular culture an integral part of his courses. Through analyzing themes in song lyrics, rhetorical devices in essays and advertisements, and psychology in contemporary film, students improve their skills in critical thinking and writing. - Professional Development | Grades 6 – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises
Dunning and Stafford, both widely known poets and educators, offer this delightful manual of exercises for beginning poets. - Professional Development | Grades 8 – 12 | Professional Library | Journal
Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts
Describes how an English teacher uses ghost stories in his classroom to further students' interest in and understanding of epics. Presents a short unit in which all the class work focuses on scary kinds of things. - Professional Development | Grades 6 – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Go Public!: Encouraging Student Writers to Publish
Intended for middle and high school teachers, Go Public! offers specific writing ideas and classroom activities to help students develop the confidence and ability to publish in a wide market. - Professional Development | Grades K – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Grammar Alive!: A Guide for Teachers
NCTE's Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar provides this much-needed resource for teachers who wonder what to do about grammar—how to teach it, how to apply it, how to learn what they themselves were never taught. - Professional Development | Grades K – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Grammar for Teachers: Perspectives and Definitions
Weaver examines the connection between a teacher's knowledge of grammar and students' growth in language skills as she provides specific examples of how teachers can put their knowledge of grammar to use without intimidating or overwhelming students. - Professional Development | Grades 7 – 12 | Professional Library | Journal
Graphic Novels in the Secondary Classroom and School Libraries
This article examines the rise in popularity of graphic novels, the sales of which have steadily increased as their influence expands into adolescent culture. - Professional Development | Grades 3 – 8 | Professional Library | Book
Guided Comprehension in Grades 3-8
This book has everything you need to use the Guided Comprehension Model effectively with students in in upper elementary and middle school.