Best Books for English Teachers

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Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience
Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience 4.25 avg rating — 173 ratings
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Teaching Adolescent Writers
Teaching Adolescent Writers 4.37 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
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The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers
The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers 4.32 avg rating — 1,839 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,764 ratings
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Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching about Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word
Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching about Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word 4.32 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Teaching for Joy and Justice: Re-Imagining the Language Arts Classroom
Teaching for Joy and Justice: Re-Imagining the Language Arts Classroom 4.39 avg rating — 261 ratings
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed 4.30 avg rating — 37,866 ratings
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Write Like This
Write Like This 4.52 avg rating — 2,066 ratings
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Mechanically Inclined
Mechanically Inclined 4.29 avg rating — 1,604 ratings
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The Art of Teaching Writing
The Art of Teaching Writing 4.22 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
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The Art of Teaching Reading
The Art of Teaching Reading 4.22 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
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In the Middle: New Understandings about Reading, Writing, and Learning
In the Middle: New Understandings about Reading, Writing, and Learning 4.28 avg rating — 2,164 ratings
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Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12
Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 4.42 avg rating — 1,568 ratings
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The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child 4.50 avg rating — 18,464 ratings
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What's the Big Idea?: Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking
What's the Big Idea?: Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking
by: Jim Burke
4.08 avg rating — 432 ratings
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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom 4.45 avg rating — 12,304 ratings
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Drama Techniques in Language Learning: A Resource Book of Communication Activities for Language Teachers
Drama Techniques in Language Learning: A Resource Book of Communication Activities for Language Teachers 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Teaching Poetry: A Handbook of Exercises for Large and Small Classes
Teaching Poetry: A Handbook of Exercises for Large and Small Classes 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements: How to Teach What Really Matters About Character, Setting, Point of View, and Theme
Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements: How to Teach What Really Matters About Character, Setting, Point of View, and Theme 3.95 avg rating — 258 ratings
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The Essentials of School Leadership
The Essentials of School Leadership 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed 4.27 avg rating — 874 ratings
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The Freedom Writers Diary
The Freedom Writers Diary 4.15 avg rating — 18,486 ratings
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Best Practices in Writing Instruction
Best Practices in Writing Instruction 3.63 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Mythbusting the Cult of Confucius: What the Chinese Really Are, How to Understand Them and Why We Need to
Mythbusting the Cult of Confucius: What the Chinese Really Are, How to Understand Them and Why We Need to 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Jackboot Britain
Jackboot Britain 3.63 avg rating — 112 ratings
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Rhythm and Resistance: Teaching Poetry for Social Justice
Rhythm and Resistance: Teaching Poetry for Social Justice 4.48 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days
Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days 4.02 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Sprouting Into Greatness: Principles of Personal Development That Will Empower You to Create Your Own Destiny
Sprouting Into Greatness: Principles of Personal Development That Will Empower You to Create Your Own Destiny 4.87 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Two Hundred One Tasks for the Modern Elementary Teacher
Two Hundred One Tasks for the Modern Elementary Teacher it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons From a Renaissance Education
How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons From a Renaissance Education 3.87 avg rating — 379 ratings
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Teaching Thinking
Teaching Thinking really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing
Inside Out: Strategies for Teaching Writing 4.11 avg rating — 152 ratings
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Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School
Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School
by: Bob Moon
3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Complete 4 for Literacy
The Complete 4 for Literacy
by: Pam Allyn
4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Teaching English
Teaching English 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them
The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them 3.75 avg rating — 448 ratings
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Teaching English by Design: How to Create and Carry Out Instructional Units
Teaching English by Design: How to Create and Carry Out Instructional Units 3.96 avg rating — 468 ratings
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Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure?
Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Politics of Teaching Palestine to Americans: Addressing Pedagogical Strategies
The Politics of Teaching Palestine to Americans: Addressing Pedagogical Strategies 3.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Reconstructing Literature Teaching: New Essays on the Teaching of Literature
Reconstructing Literature Teaching: New Essays on the Teaching of Literature liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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On Being a Teacher
On Being a Teacher 3.81 avg rating — 259 ratings
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Teaching Toward Freedom: Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom
Teaching Toward Freedom: Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom 3.84 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Using Evidence in Teaching Practice: Implications for Professional Learning
Using Evidence in Teaching Practice: Implications for Professional Learning liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Teaching Literature to Adolescents
Teaching Literature to Adolescents 3.41 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Teaching Argument Writing, Grades 6-12: Supporting Claims with Relevant…
Teaching Argument Writing, Grades 6-12: Supporting Claims with Relevant… 4.11 avg rating — 471 ratings
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Teaching Community
Teaching Community 4.34 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
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Teaching African American Literature
Teaching African American Literature really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Literacy Wars: Why Teaching Children to Read and Write Is a Battleground in Australia
The Literacy Wars: Why Teaching Children to Read and Write Is a Battleground in Australia 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World
Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World 4.11 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Explaining Reading: A Resource for Teaching Concepts, Skills, and Strategies
Explaining Reading: A Resource for Teaching Concepts, Skills, and Strategies 3.71 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education
Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education 4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Best Practices in Writing Instruction
Best Practices in Writing Instruction 3.63 avg rating — 165 ratings
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On Education
On Education 4.14 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction
Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction 3.66 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents (Language & Literacy Series)
Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents (Language & Literacy Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 418 ratings
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Reading and discrimination
Reading and discrimination 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Engaging Adolescents in Reading
Engaging Adolescents in Reading really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Effective Literacy Instruction: Building Successful Reading and Writing Programs
Effective Literacy Instruction: Building Successful Reading and Writing Programs 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Why Reading Literature in School Still Matters
Why Reading Literature in School Still Matters 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Reading Don't Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men
Reading Don't Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men 3.78 avg rating — 333 ratings
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What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy 3.89 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
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Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research
Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning (Language and Literacy Series)
The Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning (Language and Literacy Series) 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Research on Composition: Multiple Perspectives on Two Decades of Change (Language and Literacy Series)
Research on Composition: Multiple Perspectives on Two Decades of Change (Language and Literacy Series) 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Going with the Flow: How to Engage Boys (and Girls) in Their Literacy Learning
Going with the Flow: How to Engage Boys (and Girls) in Their Literacy Learning 3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Culture, Literacy, and Learning: Taking Bloom in the Midst of the Whirlwind (Multicultural Education Series)
Culture, Literacy, and Learning: Taking Bloom in the Midst of the Whirlwind (Multicultural Education Series) 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Research: Constructing Meaning through Collaborative Inquiry
Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Research: Constructing Meaning through Collaborative Inquiry 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Best Practices in Literacy Instruction
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction 3.96 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Best Practices in Literacy Instruction
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction 3.96 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: Research-Based Practice
Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: Research-Based Practice 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Practitioner Research for Educators: A Guide to Improving Classrooms and Schools
Practitioner Research for Educators: A Guide to Improving Classrooms and Schools 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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What's the Point of School?: Rediscovering the Heart of Education
What's the Point of School?: Rediscovering the Heart of Education 4.12 avg rating — 160 ratings
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The multi-racial school;: A professional perspective,
The multi-racial school;: A professional perspective, liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach
The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach 3.96 avg rating — 953 ratings
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The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development
The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Handbook of Writing Research
Handbook of Writing Research 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students
Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students 3.90 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Handbook of Research on Writing: History, Society, School, Individual, Text
Handbook of Research on Writing: History, Society, School, Individual, Text 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Writing Book: A Workbook for Fiction Writers
The Writing Book: A Workbook for Fiction Writers 3.82 avg rating — 237 ratings
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The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach
The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach 4.05 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
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Learning to Write
Learning to Write 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Dorothy Heathcote: Drama as a Learning Medium
Dorothy Heathcote: Drama as a Learning Medium 4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings
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How Children Learn to Read: Insights from the New Zealand Experience
How Children Learn to Read: Insights from the New Zealand Experience 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Engaging Readers & Writers with Inquiry
Engaging Readers & Writers with Inquiry 4.07 avg rating — 199 ratings
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When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12
When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12 4.34 avg rating — 2,179 ratings
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How Children Learn to Write
How Children Learn to Write 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Instruction and Assessment for Struggling Writers: Evidence-Based Practices
Instruction and Assessment for Struggling Writers: Evidence-Based Practices 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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How to Study Literature in English: A Guide for the Advancing Student (Otago Studies in English, No. 1)
How to Study Literature in English: A Guide for the Advancing Student (Otago Studies in English, No. 1) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Literature as Exploration
Literature as Exploration 4.03 avg rating — 275 ratings
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Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles
Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles 4.13 avg rating — 559 ratings
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Creating Fiction: Instruction and Insights from Teachers of the Associated Writing Programs
Creating Fiction: Instruction and Insights from Teachers of the Associated Writing Programs 4.06 avg rating — 207 ratings
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most 4.07 avg rating — 19,229 ratings
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character 3.89 avg rating — 24,501 ratings
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Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice
Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice 4.36 avg rating — 77 ratings
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How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students
How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students 3.76 avg rating — 257 ratings
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Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom
Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom 3.55 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Effective Teachers=Student Achievement: What the Research Says
Effective Teachers=Student Achievement: What the Research Says 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement 3.66 avg rating — 402 ratings
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Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners
Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners
by: Jane Hill
3.50 avg rating — 54 ratings
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