A Look Into Middle Grade Fantasy

Fantasy is a quite popular genre for Middle Grade (ages 10 to 14 generally) readers. Six out of ten of the current NY Middle Grade Kids’ Best Sellers are fantasy. (Let’s not sleep on non-fiction though!) High Fantasy books are set in another world (think Lord of the Rings and Narnia). Low Fantasy books are […]

Speeches, Essays, News Articles—Informational Texts Abound in Author Studies

In one of my recent posts about Author Studies, I mentioned that such studies are not limited to reading the author’s books. Let’s dive into exploring the author’s perspective through examining informational texts. According to the Virginia Standards for Learning for English, students are meant to work with informational texts. The Standards aim to expose […]