Reading Response That Really Matters to Middle Schoolers; Engaging Mini-Lessons, Strategies, and Activities for Teaching Middle Schoolers to Read and Write Critically in Response to Fiction and Nonfiction

Help for teachers of disengaged middle school readers is here! This innovative collection of strategies and activities draws on middle schoolers’ desire to “be heard” by placing them in the position of reviewer, editor, and critic of their reading assignments. Response activities are designed in purposeful formats including postcards, memos, book reviews, letters to textbook editors, and revision proposals. They also include ideas for differentiating activities to reach students with a range of abilities. For use with Grades 5–9.