Bridging the Gap
eBook - PDF

Bridging the Gap

Reading Critically and Writing Meaningfully to Get to the Core

  1. 177 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Bridging the Gap

Reading Critically and Writing Meaningfully to Get to the Core

About this book

Bridging the Gap: Reading Critically and Writing Meaningfully to Get to the Core helps provide literary and literacy access to reluctant adolescent readers and writers. They can also help bridge the achievement gap by motivating students to read more critically and write more meaningfully about what matters most to them. Memoirs can help students learn about themselves and connect with their environment or community while also meeting a variety of Common Core standards. Memoirs and creative non-fiction provide a bridge between fiction and nonfiction reading, narrative and informative writing, reading and writing, and can afford a "way in" to literacy for all adolescents.

Special features of the book:


· Examples of multiple mentor texts in each chapter
· Teacher examples with think-aloud exercises
· A variety of student samples from diverse learners
· Activities to engage all learners
· An appendix of teacher resources
· A reference list of over 150 full-length memoirs for grades 5-12 for whole-class, book club, or independent reading
· A list of writing resources for students and teachers
· 12 full-size reproducible materials for teacher and student use
· A variety of reading, writing, speaking, and listening strategies and activities across disciplines
· Applications and adaptations for diverse learners
· Daily writing focus lessons in gradual-release-responsibility format
· Common Core State Standard connections at the end of each chapter

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. FOREWORD: The Real Thing
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION: The How, When, and Why of Memoir Writing
  5. Part I. LEARNING ABOUT MEMOIR WRITING AND READING
  6. Chapter 1. DEFINING AND GATHERING MEMORIES
  7. Chapter 2. FROM MEMORIES TO MEMOIR
  8. Chapter 3. READING MEMOIRS: Reading Like a Writer
  9. Part II. DRAFTING DIVERSE MEMOIRS
  10. Chapter 4. MEMOIRS OF TIME AND AGE
  11. Chapter 5. MEMOIRS OF OBJECTS AND MEMENTOES
  12. Chapter 6. MEMOIRS OF PLACES
  13. Chapter 7. MEMOIRS OF PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS
  14. Chapter 8. MEMOIRS OF CRISES OR DEFINING MOMENTS OR EVENTS
  15. Chapter 9. MEMOIRS OF WHERE WE ARE FROM
  16. Chapter 10. ANALYZING MEMOIR WRITING: Learning from Mentor Texts
  17. Chapter 11. GENRE CHOICE: Making the Form Fit the Function
  18. Chapter 12. TEACHING WRITING: Taking Rough Drafts to Publication
  19. CONCLUSION: Where We Have Been and Where We Can Go from Here
  20. APPENDIX A. Resources for Teachers
  21. APPENDIX B. Resources for Readers
  22. APPENDIX C. Resources for Writers
  23. APPENDIX D. Reproducible Forms for Readers and Writers
  24. WORKS CITED