Teaching middle school language arts [electronic resource] : incorporating twenty-first century literacies / Anna J. Small Roseboro.

Networking socially at the start of a school year
Unpacking the story and understanding the genre
Exploring traditional and contemporary grammars
Discussing and writing short stories: where story meets genre
Checking out a twentieth-century novel
Teaching classical fiction: where the ghosts of the past speak today
Taking T.I.M.E. to teach poetry
Versing life together
Opening the past imaginatively: teaching historical fiction
Playing it right: reading, performing, and writing drama
Speaking of grammars: public speaking and media arts
Celebrating names: a unit about community and identity
Afterword: congratulations and bon voyage!
Appendix: teacher resources.