Energize your students by showing them real-world applications of the issues and ideas they study. Promote critical thinking, analytical skills, and media literacy. Invigorate your teaching and reinforce your lessons by taking full advantage of the abundant content available from a variety of media sources. There is a wealth of ideas for incorporating and discussing purpose, audience, fact, opinion, and bias. Open-ended student activities will make this book invaluable as you build critical literacy in your middle school classroom.

Using Media in the Classroom, Middle School

Education & Teaching

Campbell, Janis

Collison, Cathy

Schools & Teaching

Instructional Fair

<p>In a collection of interviews, popular authors, including J. K. Rowling, Brian Jacques, Avi, Lois Lowry, and R. L. Stine, share writing tips, reading lists, and personal stories about their work. Original.</p>

Authors by Request: An Inside Look at Your Favorite Writers

Children's Books

Biographies

Beyond Words Pub Co

<p>Aspiring astronauts, star gazing astrophysicists, and even toddlers pointing at the moon will now have the right stuff for exploring our galaxy. With rhymes for younger children and their accompanying fact-filled expository test for older readers, syndicated "Yak's Corner" columnists Janis Campbell and Cathy Collison shuttle us through an out of this world alphabet as seen through the windshield of a space ship. Each page answers galactic questions like: What planet is 300 times heavier than Earth? Why is space the ultimate place to study? Which planet is closest to the sun and which one is the farthest? Who said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"?</p>

G is for Galaxy: An Out of This World Alphabet (Science Alphabet)

Animals

Sleeping Bear Press

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