Literature-Based Reading Activities: Engaging Students with Literary and Informational Text

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Literature-Based Reading Activities:
Engaging Students with Literary and Informational Text is the
ideal resource for pre-service and in-service teachers looking for
practical help and exciting classroom activities for ensuring all
students have successful interactions with literature. Brief and
inexpensive, it is widely appreciated for its numerous activities,
unique discussions of the theoretical and research bases supporting
all of the activities, and the variety of grade levels and genres
covered. The activities are useful with a wide range of texts, and
the guidelines show readers how to be effective decision makers as
they plan literature instruction for the culturally,
linguistically, and academically diverse K€“8 students in
today€s classrooms.

This new edition includes:


Updated information about sharing
literature in the context of today€s classrooms.


New activities for supporting
students€ interactions with literature.


Numerous new examples of
children€s literature, many of them recent award
winners.


Updated discussions of research on
recent studies and major reports.


A new feature, Take Five! (or
Take Ten!).


Ideas and suggestions for using
literature in the content areas.


11 new activities for expanding
teachers€ repertoires for engaging students with
literature,


Increased attention to using
technology to support students€ interactions with and
responses to literature,


More than 80 new examples of
exceptional literature,


A list of websites of recommended
literature, including positive, authentic examples of
literature for diverse populations.