Between the Lines Actively Engaging Readers in the English Classroom [Paperback]

Between the Lines by Michael Anthony and Joan F. Kaywell is frank teacher-to-teacher talk about how you can run a reading/writing workshop in a high school environment even when school administrators arent invested in 'low-brow' reading. This book is the pep talk you need if you want to steer your classroom towards workshop but are tied in by constraints.Between the Lines:?Actively Engaging Readers in the English Classroom?is a bold and valuable text for ELA teachers who are breaking through test-preparation-only curriculum and who want to lead vibrant reading workshops in the classroom. Anthonys guide has everything a teacher needs to get students reading and keep them reading. An important resource for any teacher who wants to grow lifelong readers.Mike Anthony and Joan Kaywell have redefined reading and writing workshop in ways that will bring joy to the hearts of ELA teachers everywhere. The pages of Between the Lines are bursting with practical can-do ideas, activities, templates, examples, and suggestions for how to use some of the best YA fiction out there. The students of every teacher who reads this book will thank them for changing their literacy lives, perhaps forever.Between the Lines invites collaborative engagement and active inquiry among students as well as on-demand writing and integrated YA literature, all designed to support existing middle and secondary level ELA classroom curriculum instruction.Michael Anthony, 20-year reading workshop practitioner at the secondary level, and Joan Kaywell, acclaimed author and advocate for young adult literature in learning, present Between the Lines, a creative paradigm shift for the English Language Arts workshop classroom.? In contrast to the traditional sustained silent reading and individual conferencing model, an impractical commitment for most teachers, BtL invites collaborative engagement and active inquiry among students as well as on-demand writing and integrated YA literature, all designed to sul3%