1st Edition
Hands-On Literacy, Grade 6 Authentic Learning Experiences That Engage Students in Creative and Critical Thinking
Meet the Author Introduction 1. Backpacks and Satchels: Characterization 2. Postcard Glyph: Fiction Plot, Characterization, Conflict, Setting, and Theme 3. Pawn Shop: Biography 4. Personal Logo Business Cards: Characterization 5. Trading Cards: Plot, Characters, Theme, Setting, and Conflict 6. Picturing the Most Important Idea Never Explained: Theme 7. Create a Mood in Nine Panels: Poetry 8. Putting it All Together with Parodies, a Full Hands-on Literacy Unit 9. Literacy Choice Cube Menus
Biography
Mark Hess is a SENG board member and the editor of the SENG Library, President of the Colorado Association for Gifted Students, and serves as the Gifted Programs Specialist in a large, urban school district in Colorado Springs. Mark also serves as an advisory committee member for NAGC’s Teaching for High Potential. At Portable Gifted and Talented, Mark has shared over 25,000 free resources for teachers and parents of gifted children. You can visit his website at www.giftedlearners.org.
