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Glencoe Literature is a powerful blend of classic and contemporary literature to engage and motivate your students. Integrated reading, writing and language arts skills instruction address the demands of your curriculum. A full range of assessment tools is designed for flexibility and ease of use.
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Customer Reviews:
really works.......2006-06-15
After years of struggling with lit circles, I checked this book out from my new school's library. I didn't have to read the whole thing to find what I needed -- a really great step-by-step guide on how to implement lit circles into my classroom while still maintaining good classroom management. I used Daniels' techniques in a third grade class and it went very well. I was very impressed.
A Great Resource for Trade Books at All Levels.......2004-07-19
This book was a great help as I started to use literature circles in my classroom. I think the concept would be great to use at any level. I visualize a language/science or language/social studies team teaching where the classes work together using this method. I had great success in my classroom with my fourth graderts. We had great discussion and enthusiasm for reading.
Literature Circles.......2001-03-14
A tremendous help if you are considering introducing lit circles into your reading program. Especially important were templates for discussion group roles and a most helpful FAQ section. This book is all you need to get started. Easy to understand and implement.
Awesome!.......1999-01-21
Harvey Daniels' book, Literature Circles, allowed me to start lit. circles in my classroom. I never would have tried this cutting edge educational technique without his book. He gives advice and worksheets, but also lets real teachers talk for themselves and how it works in their classrooms. The book also details, through real life examples, how lit. circles can work in the K-12 curriculum of any classroom, and in any school. This is an excellent book for lit. circle beginners.
A superb guide to implementing Literature Circles!.......1998-06-19
In this book, Harvey Daniels provides a step-by-step approach to implementing Literature Circles in any classroom. After experimenting with many different approaches to book discussion groups, I found this book and everything just fell into place! My students were very enthusiastic when I began to implement the techniques described by Harvey Daniels. I was amazed to see them discuss books with such excitement and genuine interest. They enjoyed choosing books according to their interests and leading their own discussion groups. I have recommended this book to many teachers since I discovered it last year. It is the most comprehensive and well-written book I have found on the topic of Literature Circles.
Book Description
An instant classic, 100 Best Books for Children "points parents in the right direction [to] 100 titles no child should miss" (Booklist). With thirty-five years of experience at the heart of children's publishing, Anita Silvey is better equipped than anyone to help parents make the right reading choices for their children, given the enormous range of children's books available today. From Goodnight Moon to Tuck Everlasting, Silvey narrows the field to 100 "best books," organizing them by age and providing essays on plot summary as well as fascinating insights into the story behind the story that only an insider would know. The guide also includes an extensive list tailored to particular interests and a reading journal. Now in paperback, 100 Best Books is a perfect handbook for parents to ensure that their child will have every opportunity to read the best of the best.
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100 Best Books for Children.......2007-01-12
Book arrived on time, and was in very good condition.
A Good Job and Labor of Love.......2007-01-03
Anita Silvey has done a good job dedicating her efforts to cataloguing some of the best available fiction for children and young adults. With the words "classic" and "great" being meaninglessly slung around with little quality to back them other than a healthy ambition for profit and fame, it's important to appreciate those qualified to review fiction and give it the benefit of cultural value. This is a labor of love put together with generations of the future in mind to honor the age-old concept of legacy and offer great reading from authentic authors.
Interesting background on your favorite children's books.......2006-05-13
This book makes a fun gift for new parents, who sometimes need to be reminded about the classics from their childhood, as well to learn about the books published since they were kids. Like anyone who is passionate about children's literature, I have my own opinions about the books that should be listed in the top 100 and I disagree with some of the author's selections. But, I think the real value of this book is the short essays about the background behind the classic children's books we know and love. I didn't know, for example, that Ezra Jack Keats's "The Snowy Day" was controversial when it was published for his use of an African-American protagonist. So, my recommendation of this book is based less on its function as a list and more as interesting background for people interested in children's lit.
Not a Bad Resource If You Know About Children's Books.......2005-11-04
Silvey's book gives lots of wonderful books, lots and lots of books, but little concept of why (on an objective standard) she chose these books. For example why choose Roald Dahl's BFG rather than his more renowned CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY? Why did she exclude WHOSE MOUSE AM I, the MISS PICKERELL books, ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN? Where are the Scott Corbett, Bruce Coville, and Jay Williams classics? How can one compile a "Best" list of children's books without HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS or any Judy Blume book? Very few books on her list come from African-American (bell hooks, Irene Smalls), Asian American (Taro Yashima), or Latino American (Harriet Rohmer) authors.
Hopefully when she updates this book she will make it more multi-cultural, historically respectful, and more objectively evaluated. Should you buy it? Absolutely! It possesses some EXCELLENT books, but you should not make it your only book of this type.
pretty good, I'd say.......2005-05-26
Yes, the list of books may seem unimaginative, and yes, she may not have your favorite book on the list (FYI, The Big Orange Splot is the best picture book ever written, and it is not in there) BUT it is still a useful book. I shared it with a young kindergarten teacher I know; she had never heard of Ferdinand or some of the other older books.
Obviously, this is not the one essential book to take to your desert island, but I find it useful as a parent/teacher/librarian to go along with my Jim Trelease books, Esme Codell's How to Get Your Child to Love Reading, and other resources.
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Here are two hundred reader-tested answers to the question "What have you read that's good?" The Readers' Choice is the first book to feature titles based on the recommendations of numerous book clubs. Victoria McMains has collected two hundred favorites of more than seventy reading groups nationwide, ideal for book group members looking for a "good read," busy people seeking enjoyable books outside the bestseller lists, or anyone who wants to read more but isn't sure where to start.
Combining her skills as a book reveiwer and a veteran book group member, McMains provides brief, captivating profiles of a diverse mix of fiction and nonfiction. There are love stories and war stories, fantasy and political intrigue, biography and nature-and much more. Each profile highlights the unique traits of the book and ends with a few questions for group favorites as well as little-known gems that have been discovered and treasured. Indexes organize the entries by title and subject matter, helping readers find books that appeal to their interest. For anyone wanting to learn the easy essentials of starting a book club, check out McMains's introduction.
Let The Readers Guide help you make the most of the precious time you spend reading?
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Find Great Books You've Never Heard of!.......2001-07-15
"What have you read that's good?" We've all asked that question of our best-read friends. Now, The Readers' Choice lets you find out the answer to that question from a variety of book clubs in California, Oregon, Colorado, and New York.
The book is organized to provide around one page (often a little more) on each book. This information includes a brief summary of the book, its appeal, how it differs from the movie (if it is a novel), and the author's background. A section in italics at the end gives you questions to guide a book club discussion or to illuminate your own reading of the book.
In a separate section, Ms. McMains also describes how to start and run a book club, in case that appeals to you. As she points out, you like to visit your friends. A book club can give you more chances to do that, and something new to talk about.
The book has a helpful index so that you can locate books by subject, in order to more quickly locate titles that match your needs. About three-quarters of the books are novels.
Since I read a lot, I assumed that this book would not tell me much. Boy, was I wrong! Of the 200 titles, I had only read 7. I had only heard of another 4 more. So these are books I would never have considered.
As the author points out, these are well-written books that seldom reached a broad audience. They are for people who want high quality writing and thinking.
I checked out the 7 books that I have read, and found the material on them to be accurate and useful. So I have to assume that it is also for the other books on the list.
So I'm looking forward to reading many more outstanding books as a result of this valuable reource.
Since the book clubs who contributed these ideas are mostly in the western United States, you'll find many novels with western themes in them. If you are looking for that, you'll find the book all that much more helpful. If you are not, give one a try. You may find that you like western-oriented books.
If you are already so backlogged with reading that you won't get to another book for some time, obviously this resource won't do you much good.
Do realize that this book was published in mid 2000, and was based on reading that occurred before that. So the offerings will mostly be of books written in 1999 and earlier.
After you finish reading this book, I suggest that you think about why you read. Having understood that, are there other reasons to read? For example, can reading people who express themselves well make you a better communicator?
What Have You Read That's Good ?.......2001-05-31
WHAT HAVE YOU READ THAT'S GOOD?
That's the question outsiders ask book club members that has prompted this collection of favorite books to read.
If you would like to explore the world of fiction and nonfiction books, and don't know what to read, examine this paperback by Victoria Golden Mcmains. She has chaired, since 1977 the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association and has a column published monthly and is also an author with short stories published in literary magazines.
The book is more than a start, it is a treasure! She endorses book clubs, the benefits and recommendations on how to form a book club. One helpful hint is on how to choose a book club.
McMain says that something wonderful is happening to books, people are reading them. Oprah's Book Club has certainly rejuvenated the art of reading and also brought little known writers to attention. In this collection are very few Oprah's recommendations.
Each book review listed is limited to one page, and at the bottom of each page are several questions to ask about the literature. You are asked questions about a quality of a character, how he/she makes you feel, situations, choices made, predictability of story, idea of change in the story, contributions, transformations, etc.
Answering and analyzing these types of questions will give you an increasingly better insight into the author's mind.
And, if you do belong to a book club, the author says these are questions to provide discussion and food for thought.
Some of the Choices:
Included are stories about war, love, fantasy, political intrigue, biography etc.
Bless Me Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya - A boy's life is altered, his aunt Ultima, a curandero, (healer) visits.
Wild Swans - Jung Chang. True account of one family's life in China; violent revolution of Chairman Mao.
Black Boy - Richard Wright. A classic childhood memoir. Also read "Native Son".
The All of It - Jeanette Hainen - deathbed confession in Ireland creates dilemma for local priest.
Lake of the Woods - Tim O'Brien - A mystery about a married couple, his wife turns up missing.
All Over But the Shoutin' - Rick Bragg - a poor white southern boy tributes his mother.
Fire on the Mountain - Edward Abbey - bold and strength, a rancher & U.S. gov. trying to claim his land.
Rose - Martin Cruz Smith - an explorer sent to Africa to find a missing young minister.
Daughter of Persia - Sattareh Farmaiian - A women's journey from her father's harem to Islamic revolution
Bitter Grounds - Sandra Benitez - rich and poor families tied to El Salvador's coffee plantations
Animal Dreams - Barbara Kinsolver - finding sweet life among sweet good people.
No Ordinary Time: F. & E. Roosevelt, the home front in World War II - Doris Goodwin Kearns
Errands - Judith Guest - a family faces death of its father, their lives crumble.
There's plenty more, and I highly recommend this book for anyone who has ever asked, "What Have You Read That's
Good?".....MzRizz.
Very highly recommended for book enthusiasts........2000-09-04
The Reader's Choice is a treasury of 200 book club favorites and provides a set of 'top picks' by over 70 reading groups and clubs across the country, from Oprah and NPR to regional book clubs. Selections avoid best-seller top lists and provide 'midlist', thoughtful books in a range of themes and subjects. Recommended for book enthusiasts seeking something other than the Top 10.
Buy this one before you go back to the bookstore!.......2000-08-23
This useful guide of book club favorites was given to me by a good friend, and has really served me well. I loved the author's sense of intimacy with both her readers and the books.You can see that this is a person who really loves books as the imaginative creations that they are, and loves to share them with others. It empowered me at the bookstore recently when I was able to find new three books that I have since loved and shared, instead of spending hours looking for something of interest. With 200 reviews, I look forward to using this guide for quite a while. The author's book club group in northern California sounds like so much fun that I hope that one day maybe I could get an invitation ...
A helpful book, but not for everyone........2000-08-21
This is a guide for book groups and other serious readers. It lists 200 worthy selections, giving a page-long description of each book, some info about its author, and some questions for discussion. Many of the books sound really interesting, and the guide should be very helpful for a lot of readers.
However, be warned that it's not quite as comprehensive as it seems. The back-cover copy says the book contains recommendations from "reading groups nationwide," but the introduction reveals that the groups are really only from California, Oregon, Colorado, and New York. As a result, West Coast authors and books are over-represented. This isn't a bad thing--you'll learn a lot about authors you may have never heard of before. Still, a bit more balance would have been nice.
Regardless, this is a useful book. If you're like me, you'll find a lot that interests you here, and a lot of good suggestions for your reading group.
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Glencoe Literature © 2002 Course 5, Grade 10 : The Reader's Choice
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"The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new." - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Glencoe Literature for 2002 also "makes new things familiar and familiar things new." Designed to meet the needs of today's classroom, Glencoe Literature has been developed with careful attention to instructional planning for teachers, strategic reading support, and universal access that meets the learning needs of all students.
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