Additional Reading

Middleweb
http://www.middleweb.com/
This site has a discussion group on heterogenous grouping in addition to access to Rick Wormeli's Meet Me In the Middle with a chapter on differentiating instruction.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/
This site provides hundreds of links to information in many areas of education. The section on Equity and Cultural Diversity is of particular interest for viewers of this particular video.

Young Adult Literature: Middle and Secondary English Language Arts
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm
This site is a collection of links on the World Wide Web related to young adult literature and instruction.

YALSA Booklists
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/
This site is a list of awards and the winning titles of each, including the Alex Awards, Best Books for Young Adults, and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, to name a few. This site is sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).

The Literary Link
http://www.theliterarylink.com/
This site offers a search engine that is helpful in researching information about young adult literature.

Overbooked
http://www.overbooked.org/yalit.html
This non-profit site collects booklists, authors, reviews, and "must reads." The young adult section of the site features a wide variety of links and author lists.

Newbery Medal Homepage
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

Middle Web's Language Arts Page
http://www.middleweb.com/CurrLangArt.html
Middle Web is a well-rounded resource for all middle school educators. The Language Arts portion of the site is a carefully selected listing of resources and links related to instruction and literature.

Professional Journals About Literature Instruction

CELA Newsletter:
http://cela.albany.edu/newsletter.htm
The National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement, State University of New York, Albany, publishes a newsletter in the fall, winter, and spring. The newsletter addresses a wide range of issues concerning literacy.

The National Council of Teachers of English Journals:
http://www.ncte.org/journals/
NCTE publishes many subscription journals, including The English Journal, high school level, Voices From the Middle, middle school level, and Language Arts,elementary and middle school levels.

Texts mentioned by teachers in this workshop program:

Novels:
House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Holes by Louis Sachar
Taking Sides by Gary Soto
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Tatum

Plays:
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Short Story:
"Passing" by Langston Hughes

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