Cappiello, Mary Ann, and Erika Thulin-Dawes. Teaching with Text Sets. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education, 2012.
ISBN: 978-1425806880
Publisher's Description
Looking for a way to increase engagement, differentiate instruction, and
incorporate more informational text and student writing into your
curriculum? Teaching with Text Sets is your answer! This must-have
resource walks you through the steps to create and use multi-genre,
multimodal text sets for content area and language arts study. It
provides detailed information support you as you choose topics, locate
and evaluate texts, organize texts for instruction, and assess student
learning. The guide is an excellent resource to help you meet the Common
Core and other state Standards.
What is a Text Set? Can I See an Example?
Ms. Cappiello, one of the book's authors, defines a text set and offers two models in a posting on the blog called The Classroom Bookshelf.
Note: While the focus of this book is text sets for elementary and middle school, the concept can be applied to high school as well.
Note: While the focus of this book is text sets for elementary and middle school, the concept can be applied to high school as well.
