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Engage the Brain: Graphic Organizers and Other Visual Strategies, Language Arts, Grades 6–8

By: Marcia L. Tate

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Brain-compatible activities to inspire active learning in the classroom!

Derived from the research-based strategies presented in Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain, these valuable resources offer a variety of standards-based, brain-compatible activities that give teachers the tools to reinforce student learning with graphic organizers and other visuals, such as:

Semantic maps
Word webs
Cluster maps
Sequencing maps
Cycle charts
Models and manipulatives
Graphs
Word walls

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Brain-compatible activities to inspire active learning in the classroom!

This new Corwin Press Classroom series gives teachers the tools they need to get students actively engaged in the learning process. Based on Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain, these essential resources feature:

A variety of ready-to-use, brain-compatible activities that meet the national academic standards for each grade level
Semantic maps, word webs, sequencing maps, cycle charts, models, graphs, and other graphic organizers and visual strategies to reinforce student learning
Step-by-step directions and reproducibles so teachers can immediately incorporate activities into lesson plans

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Product Details

Grade Level: 6-8
ISBN: 9781412952309
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2007
Page Count: 96
Publication date: September 20, 2007

Price: $19.95

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Brain-compatible activities to inspire active learning in the middle school language arts classroom!

This valuable guide gives teachers the tools they need to plan lessons correlated to the way the brain learns best—and to ensure success for all students regardless of their learning style or special challenges! Drawing on classroom-tested, research-based strategies from Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites, this practical resource offers a variety of content-specific activities that incorporate graphic organizers and other visuals that reinforce student learning.

Based on national academic standards, these activities feature graphic organizers and visuals such as bar graphs, timelines, concept maps, sequence charts, cause-and-effect charts, segmenting mats, labeled diagrams, and more. Each activity includes step-by-step directions, skills objectives, materials lists, and a myriad of creative reproducibles that help students organize and record their learning.

This resource offers a multitude of brain-compatible activities that cover topics such as:

Character comparison, story analysis, problem/solution
Brainstorming, cause and effect, poetry
Debating, listening, public speaking
Paragraph structure, language conventions, and much more

Author(s)

Marcia L. Tate

Marcia L. Tate, EdD, is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System in Decatur, Georgia. During her thirty-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director.

Marcia is currently an educational consultant and has taught over 500,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world. She is the author of the eight books in the best-selling Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites series and four additional books: Formative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They’re Learning?, 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning K–8, and 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning 9–12, and her latest book, Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms that is designed to address both the personal and professional lives of all educators. Participants in her workshops refer to them as some of the best ones they have ever experienced since Marcia uses the twenty strategies outlined in her books to actively engage her audiences.

Marcia received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and elementary education from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her master’s degree in remedial reading from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, her specialist degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University, and her doctorate in educational leadership from Clark Atlanta University.

Marcia is married to Tyrone Tate and is the proud mother of three children: Jennifer, Jessica, and Christopher, and nine grandchildren: Christian, Aidan, Maxwell, Aaron, Roman, Shiloh, Aya, Noah, and Alyssa.

Marcia and her husband own the company Developing Minds, Inc. and can be contacted by calling the company at (770) 918-5039, emailing her at marciata@ bellsouth.net, or by visiting her website at www.developingmindsinc.com. You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @DrMarciaTate.

Table of Contents

Connections to Standards

Introduction

Put It into Practice

Reading

Writing

Language Conventions

References

Reviews

“The different grade levels and approaches of these workbooks make them a top pick for any library strong in classroom workbooks and activities for teachers. Each workbook holds some 96 pages of projects, with fill-in blanks and ideas perfect for photocopying and classroom use. All are outstanding workbooks that teachers will appreciate.”

California Bookwatch, March 2008
Midwest Book Review

Other Titles in: Teaching Methods & Learning Styles | Brain-Friendly Teaching & Learning | English/Language Arts (Middle/High School)

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