Not Intimidating

Anna J. Small Roseboro, a National Board Certified Teacher has over four decades experience teaching in public and private schools, mentoring early career educators, facilitating leadership institutes. She was awarded Distinguished Service Awards by the California Association of Teachers of English and the National Council of Teachers of English.

• ForewordIntroductionChapter One: Preparing the Road Bed for Smoother TravelChapter Two: Unpacking the Story and Understanding the Genre Chapter Three: Crossing into Novel Territory – Reading Longer FictionChapter Four: Teaching Classical Fiction: Where the Ghosts of the Past Speak TodayChapter Five: Opening the Past Imaginatively: Teaching Historical FictionChapter Six: Taking T.I.M.E. to Teach PoetryChapter Seven: Playing It Right: Reading and Writing About DramaChapter Eight: Unreeling Non-Fiction: Essays, Speeches, and the MediaAfterword: Safe TravelsBibliography

You are not alone on this journey even within your classroom. Your students are there to help." And Anna J. Roseboro is, too. This book is a guide for any ELA teacher starting a new job or a new grade level who feels overwhelmed or underprepared. It is packed with sage advice for planning the school year by genre while offering practical methods for understanding text structure while uncovering the art and joy of literature. Roseboro addresses the teacher directly, explaining how to teach the strategies for reading responses (P.I.E) or poem analysis (T.I.M.E), for example, creative activities that honor the voices and contributions of students with their own research and verse. This book will be a comfort to new teachers who  are the department or do not have a team of teachers to visit or observe in their schools.