Library Lessons with English Language Arts

School Librarians create and present many Library Lessons with English Language Arts (ELA) classes. These resources include lessons related to narrative, expository, argumentative/persuasive, poetry, and drama literary texts, as well as close reading strategies, reader writer workshop, and interactive notebooks, | No Sweat Library
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Best Way School Librarians Can Increase Student Reading Achievement
When School Librarians convince teachers to have regularly scheduled library visits with Sustained Silent Reading, student reading achievement improves. Augment that success with these strategies & lessons. | No Sweat Library
A Better Way for School Librarians to Teach Media Literacy
When School Librarians use a positive approach for teaching media literacy, students are more engaged and will more deeply apply the concepts to any media message. Here’s a unit based on Key Questions & Core Concepts of media lit that incorporates persuasive appeals and a technology option for assessment. | No Sweat Library
Library Lessons with English Language Arts
[board cover] School Librarians create and present many Library Lessons with English Language Arts (ELA) classes. These resources include lessons related to narrative, expository, argumentative/persuasive, poetry, and drama literary texts, as well as close reading strategies, reader writer workshop, and interactive notebooks, | No Sweat Library
42 Amazingly Creative Book Reports
Teaching book reviews can be challenging, but this simple and powerful model for reflection can work for many grade levels.
Debunking Myths About Graphic Novels and Comics to Unlock Learning | KQED
Three educators weigh in on how graphic novels and comics can boost reading skills and enhance critical thinking.
A School Library Orientation Is About Locations!
Simplifying a school library Orientation to focus on location of materials allows School Librarians to give subject-area classes the content-based Library Lessons that enhance classroom activities and encourage wider use of our library collection. | No Sweat Library
A School Library Orientation Focuses on Location, Location, Location!
The only purpose of a school library orientation is to "orient" students to various locations in the school library. This simple approach will make your students' first library visit fun and productive! Read more... | No Sweat Library
Middle Grades Students Love to Write Flash Fiction
The flash fiction format is engaging, appealing, and motivating to students and to teachers, precisely because of its brevity, accessibility, and manageability.
Teaching Poetic Devices with Pop Songs
Teaching poetic devices with pop songs can be a fun and engaging way to help students learn about poetry. It can also help them to appreciate the beauty and complexity of language. — Bespoke ELA
Make a Read-Aloud the Focus of a School Library Lesson
Here's how one School Librarian uses a read-aloud as the basis for 2 different School Library Lessons, one with 6th grade English Language Arts and one with Newcomer English Learners. | No Sweat Library
School Librarians Can Re-align Library Lessons to Fit a Workshop Model
The 4 Instructional Activities of my Library Lesson Planner align with the 4 steps of the Workshop model. Through collaboration with ELA teachers, each literary text unit now has meaningful Library Lessons that align with classroom learning and ensure continued library visits. | No Sweat Library
Teacher Lesson Requests Increase Use of the School Library
Here's an example of how one teacher's 1-visit lesson idea blossomed into a collaborative unit between the School Librarian and ELA teachers lasting the entire grading period. And you can get it in my TPT store! | No Sweat Library
How Publishers Decide to Make a Library Book
Read about how a weeded book library lesson can give students a glimpse into the publishing industry! A 7th grade ELA lesson. | No Sweat Library
Should This Book Be Published? (A Weeded Books Library Lesson)
Give students a glimpse into the world of literary book publishing with this 2-visit Library Lesson using weeded fiction books! As they take on the role of literary agent, students decide whether to keep or trash those low-circulation novels. | No Sweat Library
2 School Library Lessons for Weeded Fiction Books
Every year School Librarians weed hundreds of fiction books, but we're never sure they should be discarded. Here are two Library Lessons that give new life to those "trash" books while giving students an authentic real-world literary activity. | No Sweat Library