This book tells the story of producer, actor, and author Oscar Asche, one of the most commercially successful actor/managers in the first half of the 20th century. Though virtually written out of theatre history because of his triumph on the musical comedy stage, he is most frequently remembered today as having had a successful career as an actor and producer of Shakespeare. Asche was an innovator in stage lighting and one of the first to use it as a language of the stage rather than as mere illumination. During World War I, he captured the public imagination and provided audiences with escapist musicals set in fictional orients.Oscar Asche excelled in many theatre genres, including musical comedy, pantomime, music hall, melodrama, and Shakespeare. He provided exotic erotica in orientalist musicals from Kismet to Mecca and brought unprecedented numbers of spectators to the theatre at its most difficult time. He was responsible for extending the life of musical comedy and orientalism in the theatre before cinemas would appropriate both genre and style.

Conferring with Readers: Supporting Each Student's Growth and Independence

Literature & Fiction

Goldberg, Gravity

SERRAVALLO, JENNIFER

History & Criticism

Heinemann

Experts from across disciplines join forces here to focus attention on current American culture and the devastating effects it is having on its children. From children developing surprising physical maturity and sexual awareness at younger and younger ages, to those estranged when television and computer screens replace family time, and those warped by national junk food/fast food habits bringing an explosion of obesity and diabetes among boys and girls, this book takes a harsh look at the results of American social norms. The damage being done by governmental policies is examined, including inadequate parental leave, a minimum wage that is not a living wage, unregulated day care, and a public education system that delivers inferior education to poor children. A call to action, this is a work from some of the best-known child experts nationwide. Every person who has or cares about a child will find this of interest.
Experts from across disciplines join forces here to focus attention on current American culture and the devastating effects it is having on its children. From children developing surprising physical maturity and sexual awareness at younger and younger ages, to those estranged when television and computer screens replace family time, and those warped by national junk food/fast food habits bringing an explosion of obesity and diabetes among boys and girls, this book takes a harsh look at the results of American social norms. It highlights the damage being done by governmental policies, including inadequate parental leave, a minimum wage that is not a living wage, unregulated day care, and a public education system that delivers inferior education to poor children. A call to action, this is a work from some of the best known child experts nationwide. Every person who has or cares about a child―or the future of U.S. socity― will find this of interest.
Most experts writing about childhood address issues from their own particular perspective. This work draws together a team of top scholars from across fields. They connect the dots in engaging and clear essays. Altogether, they demonstrate that the problems facing children today come from an underlying crisis of adult values, and they suggest that individuals must join forces to turn back this crisis.

Teaching Writing in Small Groups

Parenting & Relationships

A great reading conference only takes five minutes, but its impact can last a lifetime. That's because conferences are the critical, one-to-one teaching that forms the backbone of reading instruction. Conferring with Readers shows you how to confer well and demonstrates why a few moments with students every week can put them on the path to becoming better, more independent readers. Conferring with Readers is a comprehensive guide that shows you how to determine what readers have learned and what they need to practice, then provides suggestions for targeting instruction to meet students' needs. It provides explicit teaching methods for use in effective conferences. You'll learn how to: <ul>
<li>
research a student's use of skills through questions and observations </li> <li>
compliment to support and build upon successes </li> <li>
follow up on prior instruction for accountability and depth of understanding </li> <li>
explain a reading strategy by providing an explicit purpose and context </li> <li>
model the strategy to make the invisible brainwork of reading more visible </li> <li>
guide a readerinpracticing the strategy </li> <li>
link the strategy to independent reading. </li> </ul> Conferring with Readers presents repeatable frameworks for conferences that focus on six specific purposes of reading instruction: <ul>
<li>matching students to just-right books </li> <li>reinforcing students' strengths </li> <li>supporting students during whole-class studies </li> <li>helping students move from one reading level to the next </li> <li>holding students accountable for previous learning </li> <li>deepening students' conversations about books in order to deepen their thinking. </li> </ul> What's more, each purpose is bolstered by an appendix of conference transcripts that support your teaching. With all this plus ideas for planning instruction, keeping records of your conferences, and even conducting group sessions, Conferring with Readers will make a big difference in how you teach reading-helping you feel confident and well equipped to foster each student's growth and independence as a reader.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

This book is about being empowered by assessment, not bogged down by it. Jennifer Serravallo "The aim of The Literacy Teacher's Playbook," writes Jennifer Serravallo, "is to help you collect data that is helpful, analyze the data correctly, and make plans based on that data." National and state standards set learning goals, and it's up to you to help each student find his or her path to meeting them. That's why Jen opens up her thinking on assessment in this workshop-in-a-book. Her four-step protocol leads you toward goal-directed instruction: <ul>
<li>collect the data that will be the most useful to you</li> <li>analyze the data to understand deeply what kids know and can do</li> <li>synthesize data from multiple assessments to create learning goals</li> <li>develop instructional plans and follow-ups to monitor progress.</li> </ul>
"What you can pull out of a student's messy desk is actually data," Jen writes. So she provides downloadable assessment packets from real students representing two puzzling types of learners. Spread Joana's packet out and let Jen model her protocol. Next try a guided practice with Alex's work. Then you'll be ready to try it with your own students. Trust The Literacy Teacher's Playbook to discover that assessment isn't about numbers and letters. It's about relying on an assessment procedure that helps you know each and every one of your students, so you can teach with confidence and make a difference. Read a sample chapter from The Literacy Teacher's Playbook. NEW Printable Materials word pdf Blank Reading Log Levels D-I word pdf Blank Reading Log Levels J-M word pdf Blank Reading Log Levels L+ word pdf Blank Re-reading Log Levels D-I word pdf Blank Reading Interest Survey K-2 word pdf Blank Reading Interest Survey 3-6 word pdf Blank High-Frequency Word List word pdf Blank Engagement Inventory

The Literacy Teacher's Playbook, Grades 3-6: Four Steps for Turning Assessment Data into Goal-Directed Instruction

"Instead of glancing quickly and drawing a single conclusion, we can lean in and look with the same spirit of curiosity and interest that our youngest students have taught us to have." -Jennifer Serravallo "I wanted to write a book that helps you really see your students," writes Jennifer Serravallo. From a kindergartner's loops and pictures to a second grader's reading log, her Literacy Teacher's Playbook details exactly how she comes to understand them deeply and meet everyone's literacy needs-and the standards. "My I-wish-I-knew-then-what-I-know-now experiences are the main inspiration for this book," writes Jen. So her workshop-in-a-book shares a powerful approach to assessment, planning, and teaching. Go beyond curriculum to develop differentiated reading and writing goals then plan targeted instruction with her four-step assessment protocol: <ul>
<li>collect data-student work and everyday assessments-that will be the most useful to you</li> <li>analyze the data to understand deeply what kids know and can do</li> <li>synthesize data from multiple assessments to create learning goals</li> <li>develop instructional plans and follow-ups to monitor progress.</li> </ul>
"What you can pull out of a child's messy seat pocket is data." So Jen provides downloadable assessment packets from real children representing two puzzling types of young learners. Spread Marelle's packet out and let Jen model how she analyzes little kids' work. Next try a guided practice with Emre's work. Then you'll be ready to try it with your own students. "My goal," writes Jen, "is to help you understand your students with the depth that allows you to tweak your units and ensure you're giving every student opportunities for success." Follow the play tens of thousands of teachers have succeeded with: trust Jen Serravallo and feel the confidence that comes from making winning instructional decisions based on powerful assessments. Preview a sample chapter from the Literacy Teacher's Playbook, K-2. NEW Printable Materials word pdf Blank Reading Log Levels D-I word pdf Blank Reading Log Levels J-M word pdf Blank Reading Log Levels L+ word pdf Blank Re-reading Log Levels D-I word pdf Blank Reading Interest Survey K-2 word pdf Blank Reading Interest Survey 3-6 word pdf Blank High-Frequency Word List word pdf Blank Engagement Inventory

The Literacy Teacher's Playbook, Grades K-2: Four Steps for Turning Assessment Data into Goal-Directed Instruction

Save 15% with a Book Study Bundle! This book is about being empowered by assessment, not bogged down by it. -Jennifer Serravallo "The aim of The Literacy Teacher's Playbook," writes Jennifer Serravallo, "is to help you collect data that is helpful, analyze the data correctly, and make plans based on that data." National and state standards set learning goals, and it's up to you to help each student find his or her path to meeting them. That's why Jen opens up her thinking on assessment in this workshop-in-a-book. Her four-step protocol leads you toward goal-directed instruction: <ul>
<li>collect the data that will be the most useful to you</li> <li>analyze the data to understand deeply what kids know and can do</li> <li>synthesize data from multiple assessments to create learning goals</li> <li>develop instructional plans and follow-ups to monitor progress.</li> </ul>
"What you can pull out of a student's messy desk is actually data," Jen writes. So she provides downloadable assessment packets from real students representing two puzzling types of learners. Spread Joana's packet out and let Jen model her protocol. Next try a guided practice with Alex's work. Then you'll be ready to try it with your own students. Trust The Literacy Teacher's Playbook to discover that assessment isn't about numbers and letters. It's about relying on an assessment procedure that helps you know each and every one of your students, so you can teach with confidence and make a difference. Read a sample chapter from The Literacy Teacher's Playbook.

Literacy Teacher's Playbook 3-6 (Print eBook Bundle)

Teaching Reading in Small Groups (Print eBook Bundle): Differentiated Instruction for Building Strategic, Independent Readers

The Literacy Teacher's Playbook, Grades K-2 (Print eBook Bundle): Four Steps for Turning Assessment Data into Goal-Directed Instruction

With hit books that support strategic reading through conferring, small groups, and assessment, Jen Serravallo gets emails almost daily asking, "Isn't there a book of the strategies themselves?" Now there is. "Strategies make the often invisible work of reading actionable and visible," Jen writes. In The Reading Strategies Book, she collects 300 strategies to share with readers in support of thirteen goals-everything from fluency to literary analysis. Each strategy is cross-linked to skills, genres, and Fountas &amp; Pinnell reading levels to give you just-right teaching, just in time. With Jen's help you'll: <ul>
<li>develop goals for every reader</li> <li>give students step-by-step strategies for skilled reading</li> <li>guide readers with prompts aligned to the strategies</li> <li>adjust instruction to meet individual needs with Jen's Teaching Tips</li> <li>craft demonstrations and explanations with her Lesson Language</li> <li>learn more with Hat Tips to the work of influential teacher-authors.</li> </ul>
 Whether you use readers workshop, Daily 5/CAFE, guided reading, balanced reading, a core reading program, whole-class novels, or any other approach, The Reading Strategies Book will complement and extend your teaching. Rely on it to plan and implement goal-directed, differentiated instruction for individuals, small groups, and whole classes. "We offer strategies to readers to put the work in doable terms for those who are still practicing," writes Jen Serravallo. "The goal is not that they can do the steps of the strategy but that they become more comfortable and competent with a new skill." With The Reading Strategies Book, you'll have ways to help your readers make progress every day.

The Reading Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Readers

Business & Money

Education & Reference

The Reading Strategies Book made the New York Times Best Seller List by making it simpler to match students' needs to high-quality instruction. Now, in The Writing Strategies Book, Jen Serravallo does the same, collecting 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and grouping them beneath 10 crucial goals. "You can think of the goals as the what, "writes Jen, "and the strategies as the how." From composing with pictures all the way to conventions and beyond, you'll have just-right teaching, just in time. With Jen's help you'll: <ul>
<li>develop individual goals for every writer</li> <li>give students step-by-step strategies for writing with skill and craft</li> <li>coach writers using prompts aligned to a strategy</li> <li>present mentor texts that support a genre and strategy</li> <li>adjust instruction to meet individual needs with Jen's Teaching Tips</li> <li>demonstrate and explain a writing move with her Lesson Language</li> <li>learn more with Hat Tips to the work of influential teacher-authors.</li> </ul>
She even offers suggestions for stocking your writing center, planning units of study, celebrating student writing, and keeping records. Whether you use Writing Workshop, 6+1 Traits, Daily 5's "Work on Writing," a scripted writing program, the writing exercises in your basal, or any other approach, you'll discover a treasure chest of ways to work with whole classes, small groups, or individual writers. "I am convinced that helping kids to articulate clear goals for their work," writes Jen Serravallo, "and supporting them with strategies and feedback to accomplish those goals, makes a huge difference." With The Writing Strategies Book you can make that kind of difference with your writers every day.

The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers

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Conferring with Readers: Supporting Each Student's Growth and Independence

Teaching Writing in Small Groups

Conferring with Readers: Supporting Each Student's Growth and Independence

The Literacy Teacher's Playbook, Grades 3-6: Four Steps for Turning Assessment Data into Goal-Directed Instruction

The Literacy Teacher's Playbook, Grades K-2: Four Steps for Turning Assessment Data into Goal-Directed Instruction

Literacy Teacher's Playbook 3-6 (Print eBook Bundle)

Teaching Reading in Small Groups (Print eBook Bundle): Differentiated Instruction for Building Strategic, Independent Readers

The Literacy Teacher's Playbook, Grades K-2 (Print eBook Bundle): Four Steps for Turning Assessment Data into Goal-Directed Instruction

The Reading Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Readers

The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers