SHAKESPEARE GRADES 7–12


Teaching Macbeth


A Differentiated Approach Lyn Fairchild Hawks


Macbeth, a story of ambition, terror, and conscience, speaks to our students and


our era. Through differentiated instruction, Lyn Fairchild Hawks offers ways to engage all students with different readiness levels and interests. With lessons highlighting key scenes, film analysis activities, close reading assignments, and preassessments and summative assessments, this guide offers a wide range of exciting options to challenge your learners. With independent reading matches linked by theme, activities and projects mirroring professional roles, and relevance hooks to meet students’ interests, Macbeth can come alive for all students. Included are DIY tips for lesson design and a companion website with over 40 ready-to- use handouts.


229 pp. | 2022 | ISBN 9780814151204 $30.36 member/$37.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814151242


POETRY GRADES 7–12


Teach Living Poets


Lindsay Illich and Melissa Alter Smith


Teach Living Poets opens up the flourishing world of contemporary poetry to secondary


teachers, giving advice on discovering new poets and reading contemporary poetry, as well as sharing sample lessons, writing prompts, and ways to become an engaged member of a professional learning community. This approach offers rich opportunities for students to improve critical reading and writing, opportunities for self- expression and social-emotional learning, and perhaps the most desirable outcome, the opportunity to fall in love with language and discover (or renew) their love of reading. The poems included are representative of the diverse poets writing today.


200 pp. | 2021 | ISBN 9780814152614 $27.96 member/$34.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814100134


GRADES 7–12


Walking in Shakespeare’s Shoes


Connecting His World and Ours Using Primary Sources


Sheridan Lynn Steelman


Walking in Shakespeare’s Shoes presents a historical and cultural approach to teaching Shakespeare, situating the plays and sonnets in a tumultuous early modern world. Organized by play, each chapter illuminates the versatility of this approach using examples of how early modern primary sources can be incorporated into teaching Shakespeare. Realistic accounts of how diverse students engage with Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are the centerpiece of the book. You’ll also find practical techniques for exploring how religion, politics, family, and cultural norms permeate Shakespeare’s writing. Class discussions and student work, as well as teacher thoughts and observations, narrate, illustrate, and provide evidence for the value of this approach.


295 pp. | 2022 | ISBN 9780814144527 $31.96 member/$39.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814144541


GRADES 9–12


Lightning Paths


75 Poetry Writing Exercises Kyle Vaughn


Lightning Paths features poetry writing exercises


that focus on and inspire the intuitive and imaginative qualities of poetry. Each exercise features an introduction that explains the goal, detailed instructions, and a student example. Exercises are divided into three section: (1) types of imagery and methods to generate fresh imagery; (2) unusual prompts and ideas that engage a writer's experiences in the real world; and (3) form, what form might be, and how it might function. Also included are introductions or essays related to imagery, inspiration, "leaping" poetry, and constrained writing.


121 pp. | 2018 | ISBN 9780814128213 $22.36 member/$27.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814100424


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GRADES 9–12


Bring on the Bard


Active Drama Approaches for Shakespeare’s Diverse Student Readers


Kevin Long and Mary T. Christel


As Shakespeare remains a staple of English language arts curricula, evolving standards challenge teachers to put students—not a text—at the center of a reading experience to support diverse readers and learners. Active drama approaches position students to engage with a rich text through low- risk speaking and improvisation activities. The Folio Technique builds on those activities and introduces students to the clues Shakespeare built into his text that allow actors to efficiently understand their characters’ text, context, and subtext. This text offers suggestions for using parallel text, graphic, and abridged editions of Shakespeare’s works as well as activities using “cue scripts” and a variety of viewing experiences.


244 pp. | 2019 | ISBN 9780814103821 $27.96 member/$34.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814100301


GRADES 3–5


Empowering Students’ Knowledge of Vocabulary


Learning How Language Works, Grades 3–5


Mary Jo Fresch and David L. Harrison


This fun and practical book offers grades 3–5 teachers both the research and day- to-day practical activities that support a fascinating approach for empowering their students’ vocabulary. Students will develop a deeper understanding of how the English language works, enrich their vocabularies, and improve their reading and writing skills. Eight well-known children’s poets and authors, including two former US Young People’s Poets Laureate and world- renowned Jane Yolen, offer insights into language choices.


166 pp. | 2020 | ISBN 9780814113370 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814100202


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