Book Club for Middle School

by Taffy Raphael, Marcella Kehus, Karen Damphouse

Overview

Book Club for Middle School is your indispensible guide to implementing Book Club in the middle-level classroom (grades 6 through 8). Adolescent learners have unique interests, needs, and strengths. Book Club for Middle School shows you how Book Club can address and make the best of these traits. Topics include current theories about literacy, balanced literacy curriculum, components of the Book Club program, developmental needs of adolescents, strategies for both proficient and struggling readers, authentic assessment, standards-based assessment, classroom management, scheduling options, team teaching, and grouping.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148602217
Publisher:	Small Planet Communications
Publication date:	08/21/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	202
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Taffy E. Raphael, a former classroom teacher, is currently a professor in the Department of Reading and Language Arts at Oakland University. She received her master's degree in reading instruction at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, studying and conducting research at the Center for the Study of Reading. Cofounder of the Book Club Project, Dr. Raphael led the collaborative team of researchers and teachers who developed the program over the course of eight years. In 1997 she was selected as Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading by the International Reading Association.

Marcella Kehus received her Ph.D. in Reading and Language Arts from Oakland University in 2000. Having taught middle school language arts for over thirteen years, and high school English for five years, all in Berkley, Michigan, she is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Toledo in Ohio. She also consults with various school districts in both staff and curriculum development.

Karen Damphousse's greatest education has been her 11 years of experience with middle school students in the state of Michigan. She earned her master's degree in Reading and Language Arts from Oakland University. She has spoken at the NCTE's national convention, and her publications include "Understanding Culture in Our Lives and Work," an article she co-authored for the book Reconceptualizing Literacy in the New Age of Multiculturalism and Pluralism (Information Age Publishing, 2001). Currently, as a seventh- and eighth-grade English teacher in the Grosse Pointe Public Schools, she is developing new Book Club units for her curriculum.

Editorial Reviews

"Easy to read, user friendly, obviously written by people who actually use the program–and the graphics are great! This is a great piece to share with middle-level teachers."

Jane Addams Middle School, Royal Oak, Michigan - Kate Brueckman

"I found Book Club helpful as well as enjoyable for students. Parents and students say the students are reading and writing more because they see and make connections between themselves and the books they're reading."

Rhodes Middle School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Deborah Porter

"The depth of the activities and reading log entries are far superior to any other materials that are currently on the market."

John F. Kennedy Middle School, Port Jefferson Station, New York - Wendy Bender