study and teaching (secondary)

A resource manual created by teachers and for teachers who wish to engage in an inquiry-based approach to historical knowledge and historical understanding.

Provides several approaches for lesson plans, application or writing assignments, and a bibliography of suitable titles.

Includes 247 lists that may be used by literature teachers to develop instructional materials and plan lessons for secondary and college students, providing information on a variety of topics under the headings of literature, books, genres, poetry, drama, themes, periods, potpourri, and endings.

Presents practical suggestions for teaching language arts in middle school while emphasizing character and theme, exploring various modes of composition in response to literature, and developing reading communities.

High school teachers discuss what techniques they have used to successfully teach their students about the writing process.

Presents materials aimed at familiarizing high school students with the components of the novel; offers suggestions for prompting student participation in the world of the text; features activities that connect the novel with popular media and social issues; and describes approaches to teaching specific novels.

Presents practical suggestions for middle school teachers on how to motivate students to write through the use of artifacts, self-exploration, real-world writing, and peer editing, self editing, and student-teacher interaction.

Contains more than 130 ready-to-use worksheet activities designed to help students in grades seven through twelve understand different literary genres.