Presents advice for teachers on making classroom book discussions successful, covering such topics as choosing books, grouping students, using writing, assessin
Harvey Daniels' Literature Circles introduced tens of thousands of teachers to the power of student-led book discussions. Nancy Steineke's Reading and Writing T
What do we know about literature circles now that we didn't understand eight or ten years ago? What new resources and procedures can help teachers organize thei
"Because all they've got is a skeleton. They don't have a heart and a brain or anything."--Sean, a student in Gail Whang's classroom Sean is talking about readi