A selection of writing from various media features newspaper columns by Bob Greene, Mike Royko, and Pete Hamill; articles on sports, popular culture, and other topics; autobiographical sketches by Moss Hart, Maya Angelou, and others; and acclaimed fiction.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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A nice variety of short pieces,
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This review is from: Read All About It!: Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens (Mass Market Paperback)
My students really enjoyed the selections I read to them from the book. It is great resource to have on hand when you've finished your lesson and there is still five minutes left in class. It is also terrific to have for those studyhall kids who never seem to have any work ... toss it to them and say, "Have a look at this." In two minutes, they are silent, usually for the rest of the period.
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FANTASTIC STORIES,
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I am a read aloud mom to 4th graders, and each and every story I have read from this book to the class has them CAPTIVATED! I was trying to decide on a favorite, but they are ALL so good!! The book has stories that truly touch your heart. It has fiction and nonfiction, humor, satire, tragedy, biography, short pieces; long pieces. Jim Trealease also does a great job introducing the authors which are stories within themselves. I can't say enough about this book. If you have anyone you wish would read more rather than watch TV, purchase this. It will definitely get their interest, and the students may purchase some of the books after reading one of the interesting chapters, and the life of the author Jim Trelease writes about. The 4th grade class I read to, are asking that very question (what is the name of that book and the author).
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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A nice collection,
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I ordered this book because I was looking for some short stories to prepare for a new curriculum we are going to have in HK and I am not disappointed. Not all the stories are "short stories" (some entries are excerpts from novels, poems, etc.) but I can still find a few which have potentials for my purpose. My favourites are "Aunt Millicent" (a comedy), "The Elevator" (a thriller), "An Object Lesson" (Detective story) and "Those 3 Wishes" (A modern fairy tale". If you're teaching in HK and are looking for some interesting short stories to prepare for the NSS Learning English through Short Stories elective, this is quite a good collection. It does not contain only stories of different genres, but every story begins with a short introduction of its author(s) or its background, which helps to boost the enjoyment in reading the stories.
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Each year, more than one thousand novels are published for young readers in the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Aunt Millicent, United States, Mary Joan, Miss Carpenter, Helping Hands, Roger Maris, Ray Bradbury, Dicky Hutt, Harper Lee, Melinda Alice, Reader's Digest, Aunt Ester, Anne Forbes, Langston Hughes, Lonely One, Miss Doyle, Clement's Pond, Baron Conrad, Ellery Queen, Gary Paulsen, Mister Roberts, Angelica Tonks, Arthur Joseph Kelly, Frederick Douglass New!
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Each year, more than one thousand novels are published for young readers in the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Aunt Millicent, United States, Mary Joan, Miss Carpenter, Helping Hands, Roger Maris, Ray Bradbury, Dicky Hutt, Harper Lee, Melinda Alice, Reader's Digest, Aunt Ester, Anne Forbes, Langston Hughes, Lonely One, Miss Doyle, Clement's Pond, Baron Conrad, Ellery Queen, Gary Paulsen, Mister Roberts, Angelica Tonks, Arthur Joseph Kelly, Frederick Douglass New!
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- A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck on 8 pages
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- Otto of the Silver Hand (Dover Children's Classics) by Howard Pyle on 4 pages
- North to Freedom by Anne Holm on 4 pages
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- Fiction, Food, and Fun: The Original Recipe for the READ 'N' FEED Program by Kathryn Closter on page 50, page 51, and Back Matter
- The Reading Connection: Bringing Parents, Teachers, and Librarians Together by Elizabeth Knowles on page 7, and page 116
- Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud by Jim Trelease in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- How Writers Grow: A Guide for Middle School Teachers by Cynthia Carbone Ward on page 3, and Back Matter
- The School-Savvy Parent: 365 Insider Tips to Help You Help Your Child by Beth Vachon on page 52
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