students in becoming engaged and motivated readers. Filled with practical strategies and reproducible tools to implement inquiry-based literacy learning, this book offers insights and expertise for planning lessons, establishing classroom structures and routines, and creating the environment for choice, voice, and engagement. It is the kind of book teachers will come back to again and again. ” — B E T H P E A R S O N , D I S T R I C T L I T E R AC Y S P E C I A L I S T, O R O N O S C H O O L S , L O N G L A K E , M I N N E S OTA
“ Inspiring Lifelong Readers blends personal experience, research-based practices, and
practical tools to enrich the literacy lives of students. Both district leaders and classroom teachers will benefit from Plucker’s expertise. She guides readers in how the inquiry approach can deepen a student’s thinking with complex, thought-provoking questions, and shares resources that teachers can immediately implement in their classrooms. ” — D O U G F R A N K , R E A D I N G L A N G UAG E A R T S M A N AG E R , DA L L A S I N D E P E N D E N T S C H O O L D I S T R I C T, T E X A S
INSPIRING LIFELONG READERS
“ Inspiring Lifelong Readers is a how-to for teachers who want to support adolescent
It’s never too late to advance students’ literacy skills.
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Curate a classroom library of diverse, inclusive texts that pique students’ interests
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Employ the inquiry approach to instruction and the workshop framework to effectively target the needs of striving readers
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Access practical prompts and reproducible tools to support literacy instruction
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Create a classroom community that fosters sharing, confidence, and motivation
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Celebrate student accomplishments by rewarding met goals and continued progress
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JEN NIFER McCARTY PLUCK ER
Author Jennifer McCarty Plucker experienced this firsthand when she and her educator colleagues developed a successful, research-based intervention program for their adolescent students. In Inspiring Lifelong Readers: Using Inquiry to Engage Learners in Grades 6–12, Plucker equips secondary educators with intervention strategies that will help them achieve lasting student achievement results in reading, writing, and communicating. Grounded in practices that promote adolescent literacy, complex literacy learning, inquiry, motivation, and engagement, this book provides grades 6–12 teachers with tried-and-true, evidence-based interventions to bolster striving students to become competent, confident, and engaged readers.