Gallagher, Kelly

"Kelly [Gallagher] and Penny [Kittle] mapped out a year of engaging literacy practices aligned to their core beliefs about what matters most. They share their insights on managing time tasks and offer teaching strategies for engaging students in both whole class and independent work"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Presents classroom-tested strategies to help teachers understand the importance of teaching writing, motivate young writers, model effective writing, providing choice within a rigorous curriculum, help students recognize the importance of purpose and audience, and assess essays in ways that improve writing performance.

Shows teachers how to bring effective modeling practices into their classrooms, and provides mentor texts, student writing samples, and numerous assignments and strategies designed to elevate student writing.

Contains forty reproducible mini-lessons, ranging from five to twenty minutes in length, designed to motivate middle and high school students to read and to impress upon them the importance of reading.

Argues that the standard instructional practices used by most schools is contributing to the decline of reading, and suggests ways in which teachers and administrators can encourage the development of lifelong readers.

Identifies the elements of an effective reading lesson, and presents strategies teachers may use to help secondary students read and understand challenging fiction and nonfiction books.