LITERACY WITH LESLEY
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    • THE WRITE TO READ
    • NO MORE "US" AND "THEM"
    • TALKING TEXTS
    • BRIDGING THE GAP
    • COMMA QUEST
  • BLOG
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    • PLANNING A DIVERSE LIBRARY
    • Surviving Loss & Abandonment
    • Historical Fiction
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    • Justice & Change Seekers
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    • Latinx & Hispanic Characters
    • Bullying
    • Acts of Kindness
    • STEM Novels
    • Identity & Self-Discovery
    • Winter Holidays
    • Contending with the Law
    • Family Relationships
    • Stories of Black History
    • Read Across America
    • Verse Novels
    • Immigrant/Refugee Experience
    • Strong Resilient Girls in Literature
  • STRATEGY SHORTS
    • READING STRATEGIES
    • WRITING STRATEGIES
    • PUBLIC SPEAKING STRATEGIES
    • POETRY STRATEGIES
    • VOCABULARY STRATEGIES
    • RESEARCH & PROJECT STRATEGIES

STRATEGY SHORTS
for Reading, Writing, Speaking, Poetry, Vocabulary & Research

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STRATEGY SHORTS
"Strategy Shorts" are brief strategies and tips for reading, writing, speaking, and vocabulary or short lessons, much as I posted on my Facebook Page, but together in a collection for teachers and librarians (and others who work with children and adolescents). I will add one every few days.
>Use the drop-down menu to access strategies for Poetry, Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary.

Strategy Shorts TABLE OF CONTENTS
READING
STRATEGIES
  1. K-W-L-H-R CHARTS
  2. THE BOOK PASS
  3. A BEFORE READING FREE WRITE OBJECTS ACTIVITY
  4. BOOK TALK GUIDELINES
  5. GENRE RECORD CHART to ENCOURAGE WIDE READING
  6. TEACHING READING STRATEGIES & PLOT ELEMENTS THROUGH SHORT STORIES
  7. STUDENT BOOK REVIEWS TO SHARE READING
  8. A SAMPLE READING WORKSHOP FOCUS LESSON: Making Predictions
  9. "TEACHING" THE WHOLE-CLASS NOVEL
  10. TEACHING DISCUSSION STRATEGIES
  11. NOTEPASSING AS A DISCUSSION STRATEGY
  12. INTER-BOOK-CLUB MEETINGS
  13. ANOTHER READING WORKSHOP FOCUS LESSON: Setting a Purpose
  14. TEXT SETS FOR READING INFORMATIVE TEXTS
  15. ENCOURAGING DIVERSE READING
  16. READER'S THEATER: A Collaborative Reading-Writing-Speaking Activity
WRITING STRATEGIES
  1. FREE WRITING for Fluency
  2. INTRODUCING ARGUMENT WRITING
  3. USING TRANSITION WORDS & PHRASES
  4. WRITING A COLLABORATIVE STORY
  5. THE CLASS "WE ARE" POEM
  6. INFORMATIVE WRITING: PREWRITING STEPS & STRATEGIES
  7. INFORMATIVE WRITING: DRAFT TO PUBLICATION & ASSESSMENT
  8. WRITING THROUGH THE YEAR: UNITS OF STUDY
  9. TEACHING VOICE IN WRITING
  10. PEER REVIEW FOR REVISING A WRITING
  11. A GETTING-TO-KNOW-YOU "WRITING" ACTIVITY
  12. WRITING FOR AN AUTHENTIC AUDIENCE
  13. BRAINSTORMING SETTINGS FOR NARRATIVE WRITINGS
  14. A COLLABORATIVE  WRITING PROJECT THAT INCLUDES NARRATIVE, INFORMATIVE, AND PERSUASIVE WRITING
  15. THE SIX TRAITS OF WRITING
  16. THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF ARGUMENT WRITING, explained
  17. AUDIENCE AWARENESS FOR ARGUMENTATION
SPEAKING-DEBATE STRATEGIES
  1. CHORAL READING TECHNIQUES
  2. DEBATE INFORMATION
POETRY STRATEGIES: Poetry Reading & Writing Lessons
  1. TEACHING POETIC FORMS THROUGH VERSE NOVELS
  2. WRITING POETRY TO LEARN CONTENT
  3. CREATING HAIKU CALENDARS
  4. TEACHING ODES
  5. A FREE-VERSE POETRY LESSON
  6. LIMERICKS TO TEACH RHYME SCHEME and RHYTHM
  7. POETRY AS MENTOR TEXTS FOR WRITING
VOCABULARY STRATEGIES
  1. TEACHING ROOTS & AFFIXES
  2. CREATING LOGOS TO LEARN WORDS
  3. VOCABULARY FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS
  4. VOCABULARY PERSONIFICATION
  5. PLAYING WORD GAMES
  6. WORD WALLS
  7. REVIEWING VOCABULARY THROUGH WRITING RAPS & RHYMES
  8. CREATING ADS TO SYNTHESIZE WORD LEARNING
  9. CREATING LIMERICKS TO REVIEW VOCABULARY
RESEARCH & PROJECT STRATEGIES
  1. SCAFFOLDING TEACHING CITATIONS
  2. RESEARCH THAT IS PURPOSEFUL
  3. AN INTERACTIVE COLLABORATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTION-RESEARCH PROJECT
  4. TEACHING ABOUT URLS
  5. ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS




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  • INTRO/SITE CONTENTS
  • MY PUBLICATIONS
    • THE WRITE TO READ
    • NO MORE "US" AND "THEM"
    • TALKING TEXTS
    • BRIDGING THE GAP
    • COMMA QUEST
  • BLOG
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    • PLANNING A DIVERSE LIBRARY
    • Surviving Loss & Abandonment
    • Historical Fiction
    • Sports Fiction
    • Justice & Change Seekers
    • Mental Health & Neurodiversity
    • Latinx & Hispanic Characters
    • Bullying
    • Acts of Kindness
    • STEM Novels
    • Identity & Self-Discovery
    • Winter Holidays
    • Contending with the Law
    • Family Relationships
    • Stories of Black History
    • Read Across America
    • Verse Novels
    • Immigrant/Refugee Experience
    • Strong Resilient Girls in Literature
  • STRATEGY SHORTS
    • READING STRATEGIES
    • WRITING STRATEGIES
    • PUBLIC SPEAKING STRATEGIES
    • POETRY STRATEGIES
    • VOCABULARY STRATEGIES
    • RESEARCH & PROJECT STRATEGIES