The book in question : why and how reading is in crisis / Carol Jago.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jago, Carol, 1951- author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Middle school).

Reading (Secondary).

Physical Description:

xii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2018]

Summary:

"The book in question starts by looking at a teacher lament that Carol hears whenever she speaks to teachers: kids don't read. The book continues by examining how/why teachers make their myriad classroom decisions each day and drawing on the work of great thinkers and writers from outside education to inform and broaden that decision-making. Subsequent chapters offer instructional moves for guiding students into and through classical texts, which continue to be read because--not in spite--of their continued relevance to contemporary readers. 'Quirky' book lists (not 'Best Books for 8th Graders' but more like 'Books to Grab when Leaving a Burning House') draw the book to a conclusion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The problem

Any given Monday

Stimulating competent, confident, and compulsive readers

Teaching with intention and heart

Words, words, words

Instructional moves that matter

Losing our literature?

Grasping poetry

Asking better questions

Creating a community of readers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780325098685

0325098689

OCLC:

1044777820

Publisher Number:

99979254704