8. Plugged-in to Nonfiction

10. Teacher-Directed Instruction Peer-Supported Learning Self-Directed Learning The 3-Step Instructional Model

11. Teacher-Directed Instruction The first step toward engaging adolescent and teenage students is teacher-led discussion. The Teacher Guide outlines the carefully chosen Core Text, offering teacher-directed strategy lessons and step-by step guides for classroom implementation. This allows the teacher to model each of the eight power strategies needed to help students negotiate a variety of nonfiction texts.

12. Peer-Supported Learning Using the gradual release of responsibility model, teachers shift students from whole-class, teacher-directed instruction to guided learning in small groups: Power Strategy Groups. The combination of stimulating texts and a focus on a specific learning strategy creates an environment that supports students’ success with nonfiction text. After a modeled lesson the teacher can observe students’ progress as they practice the strategy on their own.

14. Self-Directed Learning The final step in the release of responsibility gives students a chance to experience engaging nonfiction on their own. Using the learning strategies encountered in the other two steps, students use a wide variety of supports, including audio, to understand the text. When used with the creative and challenging strategy lessons, Independent Reading books give students the opportunity to become active, involved readers.

17. Tools for the Teacher—The Teacher Guide

18. The Teacher Guide continued …

19. Implementing the Lessons—The Resource Binder The Resource Binder contains reproducible versions of all the graphic organizers , handouts , and student activities required to implement Plugged-in to Nonfiction.