Laura Robb shares 35 lessons and 45 reproducibles that make it easier for teachers to train their students to read, talk, and write about texts independently. She includes model lessons for introducing the fundamentals of productive whole class, small group, partner, turn and talk, teacher/student conversation. Other lessons use the 6 short texts in the book to address literary elements, text features and structures, reading strategies, and vocabulary - all through discussion, brief writing about reading, and an emphasis on analytical thinking.
An author, teacher, coach, and speaker, LAURA ROBB has spent the last four decades in middle school education. What teachers appreciate most about Laura is her deep commitment to children and adolescents, and her ability to show what best-practice instruction looks like day by day; a survey conducted by Instructor magazine named Laura as one of the nation’s top twenty educators. Currently, in addition to her speaking and consulting, she works part time in grades K-8. She was named NCTE’s recipient of the 2016 Richard W. Halle Award for Outstanding Middle Level Educator.