Additional Resources

Online resources related to the texts used in Ms. Hernandez’s classroom:

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper

• Official Sharon Draper Homepage: resources, author biography, novel study guides
  http://www.sharondraper.com/
• 1997 National Teacher of the Year, Sharon Draper
  http://www.ccsso.org/ntoy97.html
• NCTE Discussion Thread: Tears of a Tiger
  http://www.ncte.org/lists/ncte-middle/archives/
  mar2001/msg00445.html

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

• TeenReads.com: Review of book by teens
  http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/0440944597-excerpt.asp
• Random House Site: Author biography and excerpt from an interview
  http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/corm.html
• Internet Public Library: Author interview
  http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Cormier.html
• McDougal Littell Novel Guide
  http://www.mcdougallittell.com/disciplines/_lang_arts/
  litcons/chocolat/guide.cfm
• The ALAN Review: "Studying Cormier’s Protagonists," Fall 1994
  http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall94/Monseau.html
• Author Interview
  http://www.achuka.co.uk/special/cormier02.htm

Additional resources related to the tenets of this lesson:

• National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement: Envisionment building articles and related research
  http://www.albany.edu/cela/publication/envisionment.htm
  
  Articles related to classroom discussion and student collaboration from the National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement:
  • "How Classroom Conversation Can Support Student Achievement"
    http://www.albany.edu/cela/newslet/fall01/raising.htm
  • "Engaging Students in Meaningful Conversation Leads to Higher Achievement" by Arthur Applebee
    http://www.albany.edu/cela/newslet/winter00/engaging.htm
  • "How English Is Taught and Learned in Four Exemplary Middle and High School Classrooms" by Steven Ostrowski
    http://www.albany.edu/cela/4teachers/main.html
  • "Taking Risks, Negotiating Relationships: One Teacher's Transition Towards a Dialogic Classroom" by Julie Nelson Christoph and Martin Nystrand
    http://www.albany.edu/cela/christoph01%2D3/main.html
  • "Classroom Discussion: Teachers’ Perspectives on Obstacles and Strategies" by Samantha Caughlan
    http://www.albany.edu/cela/newslet/fall01/caughlin.htm
  • "Supporting the Process of Literary Understanding: Analysis of a Classroom Discussion" by Doralyn R. Roberts and Judith A. Langer
    http://www.albany.edu/cela/support/main.html
• Middle Web’s Language Arts Resources
  http://www.middleWeb.com/CurrLangArt.html
• National Council of Teachers of English
  www.ncte.org
• Young Adult Literature: Online booklists and resources
  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm
  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
  http://library.webster.edu/childlit.html
• LibraryPlanet.com: Young Adult Literature Page
  http://www.libraryplanet.com/yalit/
• Assembly on Literature for Adolescents
  http://humanities.byu.edu/English/Alan/default.html
• Internet Public Library: Youth Division
  http://www.ipl.org/youth/
• Young Adult Literature Library from the University of Iowa
  http://www.uiowa.edu/~english/profpage/
  blandon/tlucht/lit-yalib.html
• University of Tennessee's Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature
  http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/ccyal/
• Young Adult Library Services Association
  http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
• The Literary Link for Researching Children's/Young Adult Literature
  http://www.theliterarylink.com/
• Book Raps: Online book discussions
  http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/book-rap/index.html
• ALAN Review: Dedicated to teaching and discussing young adult literature
  http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/alan-review.html

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