Based on her experiences with the transformation of 8th-grade reading in one school, Ivey advocates for a substantial shift in what students read in English class and what is available to them in school. Middle school classrooms are in dire need of a book makeover, and this should be the first order of business when considering what to do for…

The "Battle of the Books" program includes the competition of English classes against each other and each class has a designated team, which gets first chance at the questions, but can ask for help from the rest of the class. Most of the competitions included two or three teams battling the competition and the winning scores got higher at each…

English courses which involve the language arts skills and which should be incorporated into major career areas are described in this guide. The guide also describes the units, procedures, activities, supplementary materials, and evaluation tools and is keyed--by number--to the State Accreditation Standards and assessment objectives. Teaching…

Discusses collaboration between secondary school teacher-librarians and English teachers to promote literacy and reading through choice book units, where students can choose from a selection of suggested titles. Topics include nonfiction books; advantages for low-ability readers; audio books; and Teachers as Readers book discussion groups. (LRW)