language arts (middle school)

Provides strategies for teaching research in fourth through eighth grade, covering differentiation, grade-level language, short- and long-term projects, and more.

A collection of 250 questions and answers about language arts that covers punctuation, grammar, language and spelling, capitalization, writing and literary terms, poetry, and composition.

Explains an easy-to-implement, step-by-step protocol designed to help students improve their writing skills, focusing on constructing well thought out test responses, with lesson plans, narratives and question prompts, tips for monitoring student progress, an extensive bibliography, and a CD-ROM with support material.

Provides twenty research-based literacy strategies designed to help students meet the common core standards.

Describes strategies for using documentary films to teach students how to read and interpret nonfiction texts, and includes activities, reproducible handouts, and resources.

Presents an action-oriented approach for teaching English language learners, focusing on the middle school grades, with a high-challenge, high-support curriculum that encourages critical thinking, subject knowledge, and literacy proficiency; includes dozens of activities, plans, reflection questions, and suggestions for further reading.

A collection of classroom-tested techniques to stimulate literature conversations and increase student involvement, and contains sample activities, prompts, and reproducible surveys to help plan discussions.