Support Materials

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Workshop 1. Introducing Our Literary Community

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 1: Introducing our Literary Community
• Activity Sheet: Student Survey
• Activity Sheet: Coat of Arms

Workshop 2. Encouraging Discussion

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 2
• Teacher Resource: Sample Quick Write Response "Let America Be America Again"
• Teacher Resource: Insert Method Bookmarks

Workshop 3. Going Further in Discussion

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 3
• Student Activity Sheet: Book Buddies: Letter Writing Topic Suggestions

Workshop 4. Diversity in Texts

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 4
• Teacher Resource: Evaluate the Literature in Your Classroom

Workshop 5. Student Diversity

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 5
• Teacher Resource: Bringing Diversity to the Foreground

Workshop 6. Literature, Art, and Other Disciplines

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 6
• Teacher Resource: Sketch to Stretch
• Teacher Resource: Reader's Theater
• Teacher Resource: Save the Last Word for the Artist

Workshop 7. Assessment

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 7
• Student Activity Sheet: Be As Smart as an OWL
• Student Activity Sheet: OWL Log
• Student Activity Sheet: Book Group Presentation

Workshop 8. Planning and Professional Development

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 8
• Teacher Resource: Four Principals of Envisionment-Building Classrooms

Workshop 9. Starting in September

• Workshop Guide: Workshop 9
• Student Activity: Say Howdy
• Teacher Resource: First Line Text Teasers
• Teacher Resource: Where Are They Coming From
• Teacher Resource: Be As Smart As an Owl (in Workshop 7: Assessment)
• Teacher Resource: OWL LOG (in Workshop 7: Assessment)