Annotated Bibliography for Teachers and Students
Beers, Kylene. When Kids Can't Read What Teachers Can: Do A Guide For Teachers 6-12. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 2003. This book is a great resource of strategies for teachers who need exciting and engaging activities for students while they are reading.
Fletcher, Ralph. Breathing In Breathing Out: Keeping a Writer's Notebook. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 1996. This is a great book to read if teachers are trying to start implementing the daybook in their classroom. It will explain the rationale for a daybook in a way that a workshop can't.
Heard, Georgia. Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 1999. This book give teachers background information of how poetry should be taught. It also contains a variety of activities, sample student responses, and sample poetry books to give you more ideas and resources.
Hollander, John. Poetry for Young People: American Poetry New York,NY: Scholastic Inc. 2004. This book give background information about the poets who have written poems about America. It also contains poems with beautiful pictures that will captivate your students interest while reading.
Kastan, David and Kastan, Maria. Poetry for Young People: William Shakespeare. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc. 2000. This book gives background information about William Shakespeare in student friendly language. It also has some of his poems with a brief introduction.
Keene, Ellin and Zimmermann, Susan. Mosaic of Thought The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 2007. This is a great resource for teachers. This book reviews for teachers how we should teach in order to ensure comprehension for our students.
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