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Choral Reading

Choral reading is reading aloud in unison with a whole class or group of students, which builds students’ fluency, self-confidence, and motivation.

JPS Mini- Lesson - Story Mapping

Jackson Public School District, Jackson, MS: Ashanti Barnes, Curriculum Lead at JPS Office of Teaching & Learning, discusses story mapping for books.

The WOW

Mary Amato explains the WOW, a process of making up a story.

Poetry in Middle School

Dr. Sylvia Vardell describes why poetry works in middle school, even if teachers and students are reluctant to try it at first.

The Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop

Kwame Alexander has developed a kit with Scholastic that includes a teacher’s guide and a library of classroom demonstration videos.

Take Five Activity

Dr. Sylvia Vardell walks through the “Take-Five” activity, a five-minute strategy for reading a short poem together.

Book-in-a-Day program

Kwame Alexander talks about his in-school writing and publishing program for k-8 students.

Improv revision

Mary Amato uses an improvisation game to introduce the purpose of the revision process.

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