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Inspiring Lifelong Readers
Using Inquiry to Engage Learners in Grades 6–12
Featuring stories from the field and reproducible tools, Inspiring Lifelong Readers emphasizes the importance of reading and creating a community of readers, writers, communicators, and thinkers. This book will help you navigate the demands for students’ attention and enhance student engagement in literacy.
Benefits
- Access practical strategies and reproducible tools to support literacy instruction.
- Implement the inquiry approach and workshop framework to effectively advance the literacy skills of all readers.
- Curate a classroom library of diverse, inclusive books and other texts that pique students’ interests.
- Celebrate student accomplishments by rewarding met goals and continued progress.
- Understand the physical and social-emotional classroom environments that create the ideal conditions for literacy engagement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Building a Community of Readers, Writers, Communicators, and Thinkers
Chapter 2: Immersing Adolescents in Rich, Diverse Text
Chapter 3: Using Inquiry for English Language Arts and Literacy
Chapter 4: Structuring Class Time for Authentic Literacy Engagement
Chapter 5: Creating Conditions for Student Engagement
Chapter 6: Celebrating Literacy Achievements
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1
- Figure 1.5: Reader-Response Journal Prompts
- Class Engagement Chart
- Someday Reads! Log
- Legacy Book Template
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
- Figure 3.1: Inquiry Continuum in ELA
- Figure 3.5: Essential Questions for ELA Inquiry Units
- Figure 3.8: Small Group Book Discussion Rubric
- ELA Inquiry Unit of Study Template
- My Text Set Chart
- Questions to Guide Quantity Decisions for Inquiry Text Sets
Chapter 4
- Inquiry in ELA and Literacy Lesson-Plan Template
- Student Conference Template
- Small-Group Discussion Guide
Chapter 6
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
BOOKS
- DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T., & Mattos, T. (2016). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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