![]() Knowing the literary demands of the upper-division courses, I realized that the signposts will be a great wat to start our year, and will give the students important foundational knowledge that they can build on not only this year but as they continue on as readers in high school and college. This year, I'll only be teaching Freshman Honors, and at our school, with a large IB program, 9th Honors is a pre-IB/AP course. Well, as I was straightening my bookshelf this summer, I happened upon this book again and I decided that this was the year to make a change. I got busy teaching standards and my school's curriculum, and just as promptly as I first implemented them, I forgot about the signposts that had made such a difference for my struggling readers. And boy was this book helpful-for me and the students! But, the school year ended and I went back to only teaching English classes. ![]() I had been teaching English for over a decade at that time, but I was given a period of remedial intensive reading and I wanted to do all I could to help those kiddos succeed, especially since I'm not a reading specialist. Although the desired destination and routes to get there will be different for every individual, here at the Coaching Pod we aim to make your business-related decisions a little easier by providing you with clear signposts, in the form of information, insights and strategies that will help to take you in the direction you wish to go. I bought this book in 2013 and promptly read it then started teaching the signposts. Kylene and Bob have designed these bookmarks to be at-hand guides as students closely read literary or nonfiction texts.
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