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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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0Use an app like HootSuite or Tweetdeck
0 Select search option using Titletalk
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 word memoirs
FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OBITUARIES
YOURE THE PARENT ACT LIKE ONE
EXAGGERATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
GOD ABANDONED ME SO I RECIPROCATED
I NEVER GOT MY HOGWARTS LETTER (could be Hank Greens memoir)
WOULD BE SLUT GIVEN THE CHANCE
YOU 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
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
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
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
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
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
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RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
Wendy Lamb
195
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They are alive and well
in middle and high school classrooms
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0 CHRISTMAS CAROL
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
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197
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
198
They are alive and well
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RULES RULES RULES
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
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0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
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0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
MORE VARIANTS
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WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
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0 ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT
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0YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS
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WHAT IS BEING PARODIED
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
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0TUESDAY
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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
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TRAPPED IN A BOOK
0 SEARCH FOR WONDLA
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0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
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0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
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0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
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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
MORE VARIANTS
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
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0OTHERS IN SERIES
0WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT
0OTHERS IN THAT SERIES
CREATING CHARACTERS
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0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
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0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
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ENDINGADVENTURE
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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
MORE VARIANTS
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
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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
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0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
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ENDINGADVENTURE
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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
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0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
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0THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney
0TUESDAY
MORE TEXTLESS0WEB SITE
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0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
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0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
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0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
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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
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0 SEQUELS
SIMPLY PUT0OUTSIDE NARRATORS
0 PATTERN WRITING
0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
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0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
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EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
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ENDINGADVENTURE
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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
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0 IMAGINATIVE PLAY
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
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0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
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ENDINGADVENTURE
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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
SO MUCH TO MINE0DICTION
0 STYLE
0REGIONALISM
0HUMOR
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EXAMINATION
0 CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
LANGUAGE PLAY0HOMONYMS HOMOPHONE
S HOMOGRAPHS
0ELLA MINNOW PEA
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
AUDIO FUN
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
RULES RULES RULES
The possibilities are endless
The possibilities are endless