{"product_id":"bridging-the-gap-7","title":"Bridging the Gap","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most popular literary genres, memoir can provide literary and literacy access to reluctant adolescent readers and writers, and help bridge the achievement gap by motivating students to read more critically and write more meaningfully about what matters most to them. The introspective nature of memoir helps students learn about themselves and connect with their environment or community, while also meeting a variety of Common Core standards. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this way, memoirs and creative nonfiction can provide a bridge between \u003cbr\u003efiction and nonfiction reading, narrative and informative writing, reading and writing, and can afford a “way in” to literacy for all adolescents. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecial features of the book:\u003cbr\u003eexamples of multiple mentor texts in each chapterteacher examples with think-aloud exercisesa variety of student samples from diverse learnersactivities to engage all learnersan appendix of teacher resources a reference list of over 150 full-length memoirs for grades 5-12 for whole-class, book club, or independent readinga list of writing resources for students and teachers12 full-size reproducible materials for teacher and student usea variety of reading, writing, speaking, and listening strategies and activitiesacross-disciplines applications and adaptations for diverse learnersdaily writing focus lessons in gradual-release-responsibility formatCommon Core State Standard connections at the end of each chapter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234699104600,"sku":"9781475810929","price":62.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781475810929_9fc04a23-a648-450d-acc4-9f29957de8a3.jpg?v=1769688938","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/bridging-the-gap-7","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}