books and reading

"Help students learn and apply key reading strategies while exploring different themes commonly taught in middle school, such as Forging One's Identity, Friendship, Making choices, and the Pioneering Spirit."--cover.

Presents annotations of and discussion starters for more than two hundred books and movies that the author proposes are beneficial to boys' and young men's moral growth, arranged by age level.

Presents ten positive male archetypes in literature that spark boys' interest in reading; shows how these archetypes can be used in the classroom; and provides a list of over three hundred representative literary works.

Describes a variety of motivational techniques designed to encourage young teens to read, including reading workshops, literature circles, book clubs, booktalks, and interdisciplinary and thematic units; and includes annotated lists of young adult literature.

A guide to creating book discussion groups for elementary and middle school students that offers discussion topics and activity ideas for fifteen titles of different genres.

A source book for teachers that profiles one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for teens, providing summaries, "booktalk" paragraphs designed to motivate kids to read the books, related activities, and annotated lists of related works.

Provides annotations for more than three hundred fiction and nonfiction books that support and enhance the middle school curriculum.

An annotated list of books selected to complement middle school curriculums in the areas of math, history, science, and English; grouped by topic, with an author/title index.