alaska 2012
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Here is the power point from our workshop on August 7th.TRANSCRIPT
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How to Contact Me
doctorLshsuedu
professornana
Teri Lesesne
Back Channel
Post questions comments etc here during the day
wwwtodaysmeetcomAlaska
The room will be archived for one year so you can go back and see links quotes etc
Materials
wwwslidesharenetProfessorNana
Making the Match
Knowing Kids
Knowing the Books
Knowing strategies to bring them together
Pavlov
Complexity of Kids
Ed Psych 101 Revisited
Piaget
Maslow
Kohlberg
Havighurst
Piagetian
ConcreteNow begins as kids transition from middle school to
high school
Does not mean transition is complete just underway
Questions need scaffolding
AbstractTheme
Drawing conclusions
Inferencing
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 2: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Back Channel
Post questions comments etc here during the day
wwwtodaysmeetcomAlaska
The room will be archived for one year so you can go back and see links quotes etc
Materials
wwwslidesharenetProfessorNana
Making the Match
Knowing Kids
Knowing the Books
Knowing strategies to bring them together
Pavlov
Complexity of Kids
Ed Psych 101 Revisited
Piaget
Maslow
Kohlberg
Havighurst
Piagetian
ConcreteNow begins as kids transition from middle school to
high school
Does not mean transition is complete just underway
Questions need scaffolding
AbstractTheme
Drawing conclusions
Inferencing
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 3: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Materials
wwwslidesharenetProfessorNana
Making the Match
Knowing Kids
Knowing the Books
Knowing strategies to bring them together
Pavlov
Complexity of Kids
Ed Psych 101 Revisited
Piaget
Maslow
Kohlberg
Havighurst
Piagetian
ConcreteNow begins as kids transition from middle school to
high school
Does not mean transition is complete just underway
Questions need scaffolding
AbstractTheme
Drawing conclusions
Inferencing
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 4: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Making the Match
Knowing Kids
Knowing the Books
Knowing strategies to bring them together
Pavlov
Complexity of Kids
Ed Psych 101 Revisited
Piaget
Maslow
Kohlberg
Havighurst
Piagetian
ConcreteNow begins as kids transition from middle school to
high school
Does not mean transition is complete just underway
Questions need scaffolding
AbstractTheme
Drawing conclusions
Inferencing
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 5: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Pavlov
Complexity of Kids
Ed Psych 101 Revisited
Piaget
Maslow
Kohlberg
Havighurst
Piagetian
ConcreteNow begins as kids transition from middle school to
high school
Does not mean transition is complete just underway
Questions need scaffolding
AbstractTheme
Drawing conclusions
Inferencing
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 6: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Complexity of Kids
Ed Psych 101 Revisited
Piaget
Maslow
Kohlberg
Havighurst
Piagetian
ConcreteNow begins as kids transition from middle school to
high school
Does not mean transition is complete just underway
Questions need scaffolding
AbstractTheme
Drawing conclusions
Inferencing
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 7: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Ed Psych 101 Revisited
Piaget
Maslow
Kohlberg
Havighurst
Piagetian
ConcreteNow begins as kids transition from middle school to
high school
Does not mean transition is complete just underway
Questions need scaffolding
AbstractTheme
Drawing conclusions
Inferencing
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 8: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Piagetian
ConcreteNow begins as kids transition from middle school to
high school
Does not mean transition is complete just underway
Questions need scaffolding
AbstractTheme
Drawing conclusions
Inferencing
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 9: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 10: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 11: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 12: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 13: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Piaget and Books
Concrete Abstract
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 14: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
PiagetJust because it looks
like thisDoes not mean it is
concrete
0 ldquoHe pinched my belly bu10rdquo
0 ldquoI think yoursquoll sur5 (They just do this 4 a10tion)rdquo
0 ldquoThey are in a 4eign country
0Their 2r guide is transl8tingrdquo
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 15: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Maslow and Needs
Start at bottom of the hierarchy
Find books where characters are dealing with same needs
Important topics
Belonging
Esteem
Safety
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 16: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Esteem
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 17: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Esteem
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 18: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Belonging
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 19: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Belonging
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 20: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Safety
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 21: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Safety
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 22: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Kohlberg and Morals
0 Preconventional0 Reward
0 Punishment
0 Conventional0 Follow the conventions (laws)
0 Secular
0 Religious
0 Post conventional0 No law supersedes value of human life
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 23: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Preconventional
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 24: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Preconventional
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 25: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 26: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Conventional
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 27: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Post Conventional
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 28: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Postconventional
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 29: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Havighurst
0Working for pay
0Easy relationship with opposite sex
0 Changing relationships with peers
0 Finding a vocation
0Determining appropriate sex role
0Refining morals and values
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 30: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Working for pay
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 31: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Easy relationship with opposite sex
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 32: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Changing relationships with peers
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 33: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Finding a vocation
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 34: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Determining appropriate sex role
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 35: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Refining morals and values
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 36: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Oldies but Goodies
Gathering readers instead of gathering dust
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 37: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Remember these
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 38: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
How about these
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 39: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Or perhaps these
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 40: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Maybe these
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 41: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Narrowing Choices
Where are the good books hiding
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 42: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
httpimaginationsoupnet201207the-best-picture-books-of-
summer-2012GIANT I AM HERE TO DO BATTLE WITH YOU PREPARE YOURSELF AND LET US BEGINrdquoThe Cyclops stared at Henry and Henry stared backThe stared and stared until Henry could stare no longer
ldquoENOUGH LONE-EYErdquo Henry shouted ldquoYOU HAVE HAD TIME APLENTY LET THE BATTLECOMMENCErdquo
ldquoBut the battle has already begunrdquo the Cyclops explainedldquoWhoever blinks first is the loser I thought you understoodrdquo
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 43: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
0Titletalk
0Blogs
0Twitter
0 Facebook
0Web sites
Resources
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 44: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
Titletalk
0 Last Sunday of the month
0 7-8 PM CST
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 45: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
How to Join
0Use hashtag titletalk
0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
0 Post using titletalk
0Visit the archives (thanks Cindy)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 46: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
Blogs
0Great Resources for Finding Books
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 47: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
Best Blogs (IMHO)
0Reading Rants
0Richies Picks
0 SLJ
0Nerdy Book Club
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 48: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
Reading Rants
0 httpwwwreadingrantsorg
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 49: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
Richies Picks
0 httpwwwrichiespickscom
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 50: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
Fuse 8 SLJ Blog
0 httpblogschoollibraryjournalcomafuse8production
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 51: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
Nerdy Book Club
0 httpnerdybookclubwordpresscom
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 52: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
0Are you one of our tweeps
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 53: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
0 donalynbooks
0 professornana
0 catagator
0 colbysharp
0 mrschureads
0 paulwhankins
0 judyblume
0 kylenebeers
0 mindi_r
0 skajder
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 54: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
How to Build Your PLN
0 start following one person
0 see who they are including in tweets
0FF
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 55: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
0 forums pages
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 56: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
The Hub
0 httpwwwyalsaalaorgthehub
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 57: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
Adbooks
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupadbooks
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 58: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
Middle School Lit
0 httpwwwgroupsyahoocomgroupmiddle_school_lit
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 59: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
Reading Outside the Comfort Zones
Pushing ourselves as readers
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 60: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
Nonfiction
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 61: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
More nonfiction
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 62: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
ldquoClassicsrdquo
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 63: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
Cute animals on covers
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 64: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
Read Alouds
0Build community0Model fluency0Reveal how writers write0Expose students to more variety in books0Enhance the curriculum0Supports developing readers0Demonstrates that reading can be fun
Donalyn Miller
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 65: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
Audio
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 66: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
Picture Books
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 67: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
Retellings
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 68: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
Retellings
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 69: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
EPISODIC
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 70: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/70.jpg)
Empathy
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 71: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/71.jpg)
Five authors every child in
grade ___ should know arehellip
idea from Donalyn Miller
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 72: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/72.jpg)
Booktalks
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 73: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/73.jpg)
DisplaysPackaging
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 74: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/74.jpg)
Trailers
httpthedivinersseriescom
httpusmacmillancomauthorlauravaccaroseeger
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 75: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/75.jpg)
Spine Poetry
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 76: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/76.jpg)
0 SIX STARS
0 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
0 Fault in Our Stars The John Green
0 Z Is for Moose Kelly Bingham illus by Paul O Zelinsky
0 FIVE STARS
0 Green Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Starred Reviews
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 77: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/77.jpg)
0 FOUR STARS
0 Black Hole Is NOT a Hole A Carolyn CinamiDeCristofano illus by Michael Carroll
0 Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
0THREE STARS
0 Curveball The Year I Lost My Grip Jordan Sonnenblick
0 Lions of Little Rock The Kristin Levine
0 Wonder RJ Palacio
Seeing Stars
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 78: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/78.jpg)
Nonfiction and Gory
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 79: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/79.jpg)
Illustrated Chapter Books
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 80: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/80.jpg)
More GNs
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 81: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/81.jpg)
Intensity Racheted Up
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 82: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/82.jpg)
Refuse Classification
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 83: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/83.jpg)
Revisiting
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 84: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/84.jpg)
Bilingual Texts
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 85: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/85.jpg)
Series
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 86: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/86.jpg)
Silly Parodies
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 87: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/87.jpg)
Kleenex Books
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 88: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/88.jpg)
Poetry Parody
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 89: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/89.jpg)
Adult Authors Reach Down
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 90: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/90.jpg)
Revisiting
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 91: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/91.jpg)
Series
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 92: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/92.jpg)
Redefining format
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 93: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/93.jpg)
Changing Genres
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 94: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/94.jpg)
More History
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 95: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/95.jpg)
Middle Grades
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 96: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/96.jpg)
More in the middle
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 97: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/97.jpg)
Novels in Verse
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 98: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/98.jpg)
Retellings
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 99: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/99.jpg)
GNs
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 100: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/100.jpg)
GNs
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 101: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/101.jpg)
Humor
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 102: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/102.jpg)
Retellings
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 103: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/103.jpg)
Novels in Verse
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 104: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/104.jpg)
Creating Ladders
Select a theme or genre or setting or some other aspect that you wish to highlight
Choose texts ranging in reading levelsdemands and other factors
Arrange them from ldquoeasiestrdquo to ldquomost difficultrdquo
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 105: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/105.jpg)
What IS a Reading Ladder
0 Combines elements of
0 Thematic unit
0 Vertical alignment and planning
0 Horizontal alignment and planning
0Moves students to more independence in selecting reading materials
0Makes connections between and among books
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 106: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/106.jpg)
WHY Reading Ladders
0Research shows that PROFICIENT readers make connections from text to text
0MOST of our students never progress beyond BASIC
0 NAEP indicates only 3 of students score here at PROFICIENT level (since 1992 there has been NO growth at this level)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 107: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/107.jpg)
Meaning
Play
Empathy
Symphony
Story
Design
135
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 108: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/108.jpg)
136
Readers make meaning (Louise Rosenblatt) from the text However they need to know how to negotiate the text FOR meaning
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 109: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/109.jpg)
Meaning
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 110: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/110.jpg)
Meaning
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 111: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/111.jpg)
139
Word play and
playing with language
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 112: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/112.jpg)
Humor Reading Ladder
Developmental
physical
character
situation
language
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 113: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/113.jpg)
Physical
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 114: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/114.jpg)
Character
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 115: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/115.jpg)
Audio
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 116: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/116.jpg)
Characters Cover Predictions
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 117: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/117.jpg)
Situation
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 118: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/118.jpg)
CHARACTER
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 119: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/119.jpg)
Character and Language
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 120: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/120.jpg)
SITUATION
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 121: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/121.jpg)
Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 122: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/122.jpg)
Nonfiction
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 123: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/123.jpg)
Parody
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 124: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/124.jpg)
Adult Humor Parody
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 125: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/125.jpg)
Word Play Chapter titles
0Beep beep beep beep yeah
0These are a few of my favorite things
0Back in black
0 Sweet dreams are made of these
0The futurersquos so bright I gotta wear shades
0 I put a spell on you because yoursquore mine
0Papa was a rolling stone
0Come on baby donrsquot fear the reaper
0 Schoolrsquos out forever
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 126: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/126.jpg)
154
Stronger than sympathy Empathetic bonds can be developed through
literature
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 127: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/127.jpg)
Character Connections
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 128: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/128.jpg)
ldquoRealrdquo Characters
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 129: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/129.jpg)
Understanding Motivation
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 130: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/130.jpg)
HarperCollins
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 131: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/131.jpg)
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 132: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/132.jpg)
160
Many voices blending together
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 133: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/133.jpg)
Three books one focus
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 134: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/134.jpg)
Multiple Perspectives
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 135: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/135.jpg)
163
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 136: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/136.jpg)
Story circle
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 137: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/137.jpg)
Dystopian Futures
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 138: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/138.jpg)
Outstanding Dystopic Novels
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 139: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/139.jpg)
170
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 140: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/140.jpg)
Candlewick
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 141: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/141.jpg)
HarperCollins
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 142: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/142.jpg)
Aladdin
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 143: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/143.jpg)
Norton
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 144: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/144.jpg)
Nonfiction Reading Ladder
Historical
Horizontal
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 145: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/145.jpg)
176
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 146: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/146.jpg)
177
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 147: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/147.jpg)
182
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 148: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/148.jpg)
185
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 149: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/149.jpg)
186
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 150: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/150.jpg)
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU MADE ME STRONGER THANKS RAPIST
MEASURED OUT MY LIFE IN LITERATURE
LIFE IS FULL OF AWKWARD TURTLE MOMENTS
INSERT MELODRAMATIC CLICHE-TEEN ICK HERE
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 151: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/151.jpg)
GN Reading Ladder
Growing more complex
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 152: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/152.jpg)
189
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 153: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/153.jpg)
Different covers US Brit
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
Christmas Classics0 POLAR EXPRESS
0DECEMBER
0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
METAFICTION0HAROLD AND THE PURPLE
CRAYON
0MONSTER
0ORIGAMI YODA
0BOOK
PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE0 JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS
0DICKENSIAN NAMES
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 154: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/154.jpg)
Form and Format Ladder
Genres
Categories
Wendy Lamb
195
197
198
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in middle and high school classrooms
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RULES RULES RULES
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They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
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They are alive and well
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The possibilities are endless
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RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
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RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 162: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/162.jpg)
UNEXPECTED TWISTS0 PREDICTION SKILLS
0 IRONY
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0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
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AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 163: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/163.jpg)
ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
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0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
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0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 164: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/164.jpg)
METAFICTION PART DEUX0 STORY OF LITTLE MOUSE
TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
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0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
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WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
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LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
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WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 165: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/165.jpg)
VIEWING AND REPRESENTING
0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
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CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
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0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
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0 STYLE
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0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
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ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
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LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
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WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 166: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/166.jpg)
CREATING CHARACTERS
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
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0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
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0REGIONALISM
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WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
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LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
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WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 167: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/167.jpg)
TEXTLESS STORIES0THE ARRIVAL
0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
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0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
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LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
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WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
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LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 168: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/168.jpg)
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
0 SEQUELS
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0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
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ENDINGADVENTURE
WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
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The possibilities are endless
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RULES RULES RULES
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SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
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LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
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RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
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RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 171: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/171.jpg)
NONFICTION0 ILLUSTRATION
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0HUMOR
0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
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ALTERNATIVES0 CHOOSE YOUR OWN
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0HUMOR
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0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
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S HOMOGRAPHS
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The possibilities are endless
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WHAT A PAIR0UNUSUAL PAIRINGS
0HUMOR
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0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
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WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
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S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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FAIRY RETELLINGS0 SCIESZKArsquoS THRTEE
LITTLE PIGS FROG PRINCE CONTINUED STINKY CHEESE MAN
0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
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S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 175: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/175.jpg)
MORE VARIANTS
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 176: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/176.jpg)
WHO GETS IT0HUMOR IF YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
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S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
![Page 177: Alaska 2012](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052909/55976e511a28abc2738b458f/html5/thumbnails/177.jpg)
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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The possibilities are endless