Overview
Teacher Librarian Beth McGuire provides librarians and teachers with reproducible activities to encourage students to think about, discuss and provide a purpose for reading current star reviewed and award winning literature while practicing their comprehension strategies. Activities reinforce comprehension of the material and include an extension activity for going beyond the text, allowing the students to practice their higher level thinking skills. Librarians and teachers can make copies of the activities to directly incorporate into their lessons in the content areas. Titles included are organized by level and by curricular area. Usable for grades 6-8.
Full Product Details
Author: Beth McGuire
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.510kg
ISBN: 9781591586661
ISBN 10: 1591586666
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 30 December 2008
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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College/higher education
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Educational: Primary & Secondary
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.
Reviews
<p> McGuire, a school librarian, provides reproducible activities for grades six to eight teachers and librarians for use in helping students think about and discuss literature. She focuses on recently published, critically praised, and award winning fiction and nonfiction (many are Junior Literary Guild selections), including history, science, biography, historical<p>fiction, and others. Each activity is accompanied by descriptions of the book's awards and distinctions, connected major skills and content areas, reading levels, the author's website, questions, and suggested answers to projects and reader response questions. - <p>Reference & Research Book News
McGuire, a school librarian, provides reproducible activities for grades six to eight teachers and librarians for use in helping students think about and discuss literature. She focuses on recently published, critically praised, and award winning fiction and nonfiction (many are Junior Literary Guild selections), including history, science, biography, historical fiction, and others. Each activity is accompanied by descriptions of the book's awards and distinctions, connected major skills and content areas, reading levels, the author's website, questions, and suggested answers to projects and reader response questions. - Reference & Research Book News
McGuire, a school librarian, provides reproducible activities for grades six to eight teachers and librarians for use in helping students think about and discuss literature. She focuses on recently published, critically praised, and award winning fiction and nonfiction (many are Junior Literary Guild selections), including history, science, biography, historicalfiction, and others. Each activity is accompanied by descriptions of the book's awards and distinctions, connected major skills and content areas, reading levels, the author's website, questions, and suggested answers to projects and reader response questions. - Reference & Research Book News
Author Information
Beth McGuire is the Library Media Specialist K-12 for the Fannett Metal School, Willow Hill, Pennsylvania.
