Middle School Reading Guide
Table of Contents
Baltimore County Public Schools
Office of English
c1997

This text of this guide is available for free in CD-ROM format to Baltimore County Public School teachers. Copies are avaialbe for sale to other school systems. Contact Carol Knepley, Specialist/Publications Editor at 410 887-4340.

Contents
Foreword
Middle School Reading Committee
Acknowledgment

Introduction
What Is Reading, and How Should It Be Taught?
What Are the Components of the Middle School Reading Program?
Components of the Middle School Reading Curriculum
The Literacy Team Model
How Should Teachers Use This Guide to Plan Effective Reading Instruction?
Ideas To Support Success in Reading on the MSPAP
Three Purposes for Reading
The Four Stances Model of Reading Comprehension
Suggestions for Addressing Comprehension Through the Four Stances
Helpful Hints for Developing Stance Questions
Classroom Strategies to Promote Reading Success On the MSPAP
Responding to Questionable Elements in Literature

Outcomes
What Are Students Expected to Learn?
Reading Outcomes

Required Units for Grade Six
Middle School Reading Content Overview
What Content Must Be Taught?
Curriculum Charts
Reading 6 ..
Reading 7 and 8
Grade Six Unit Introductions ..
The Strategic Reader
Reading Content Area Texts Strategically: All Subjects
Developing Personal Responses to Literature
The I-Search Process
What is Theme?
Grade Six Unit Overview Charts
The Strategic Reader
Suggested Activities: The Strategic Reader
Reading Content Area Texts Strategically: All Subjects
Suggested Activities: Reading Content Area Texts Strategically
Developing Written Responses to Literature: Developing Personal Responses
Suggested Activities: Developing Personal Responses to Literature
Research Strand: The I-Search Process
Suggested Activities: The I-Search Process