- ISBN13: 9780140146554
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A selection of writing from various media features newspaper columns by Bob Greene, Mike Royko, and Pete Hamill; articles on sports, popular culture, and other topics; autobiographical sketches by Moss Hart, Maya Angelou, and others; and acclaimed fiction. … More >>
Read All About It!: Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens
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#1 by Anonymous on January 28, 2010 - 10:05 am
After reading the fabulous book, I feal like i’m ready to face the word. It is filled with great literature for you children.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by NHS802 on January 28, 2010 - 12:48 pm
I think these stories are more appropriate for YOUNGER readers. I’d hardly say that I was captivated by many of them, so I think it’d be a hard sell for many of my 9th graders.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by Chris Bowen on January 28, 2010 - 1:24 pm
What else can I say? Trelease is the master at the read aloud. The older kids get, the harder it is to find material to read to them. This collection, however, does the job nicely. It’s a good mix of genres and subject matter as well as a variety of excerpts from longer pieces that will hopefully spark some interest in reading the full texts. And, for any middle school teacher craving a few minutes of worthwhile silence in class, here’s a book guaranteed to do it.
Chris Bowen
Author of , “Our Kids: Building Relationships in the Classroom”
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by H. Pagliughi on January 28, 2010 - 2:27 pm
I bought this book based on the great reviews, but most of the stories are about caucasians. That’s fine, but I’m in an area where only 20% of the students are white.
However, the stories are good, and each is preceeded by information about the author.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Ada on January 28, 2010 - 5:04 pm
I ordered this book because I was looking for some short stories to prepare for a new curriculum we are going to have in HK and I am not disappointed. Not all the stories are “short stories” (some entries are excerpts from novels, poems, etc.) but I can still find a few which have potentials for my purpose. My favourites are “Aunt Millicent” (a comedy), “The Elevator” (a thriller), “An Object Lesson” (Detective story) and “Those 3 Wishes” (A modern fairy tale”. If you’re teaching in HK and are looking for some interesting short stories to prepare for the NSS Learning English through Short Stories elective, this is quite a good collection. It does not contain only stories of different genres, but every story begins with a short introduction of its author(s) or its background, which helps to boost the enjoyment in reading the stories.
Rating: 4 / 5