Teacher's Guide to the Bluford Series Volume 1
Overview
This revised guidebook contains activities to accompany the first 15 Bluford Series novels: Lost and Found, A Matter of Trust, Secrets in the Shadows, Someone to Love Me, The Bully, The Gun, Until We Meet Again, Blood Is Thicker, Brothers in Arms, Summer of Secrets, The Fallen, Shattered, Search for Safety, No Way Out, and Schooled.
These materials fulfill key benchmarks from the Common Core State Standards, including College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing as well as Reading and Writing Standards for Literature in Grades 6-12. The guidebook allows teacher`s to use the Bluford Series to give students practice in reading comprehension, vocabulary enrichment, critical thinking, and paragraph/essay writing. Get details about the Bluford Series and the Common Core State Standards here.
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The Bluford Series is a Proven Gateway to Reading
Millions of teens have discovered or rediscovered the joy of reading with this collection of young adult novels set at Bluford High School. Here’s why:
- Engaging topics: Characters in the Bluford Series face situations that middle- and high-schoolers care about, making them want to read.
- Emotional depth: Bluford books tell gripping stories and carry an emotional punch. Each can be read alone but is also connected to events in other books. Readers join a complex world they want to explore.
- Uplifting stories: Each book celebrates teens who make positive choices, especially when such actions are difficult or unpopular.
- Accessible writing: This groundbreaking hi-lo series has content sophisticated enough for high-school students, while reading level is between 5th and 6th grade Lexile range: 570–760.
- Short length: Each novel in the Bluford Series contains fewer than 200 pages, motivating readers to finish their books—a pivotal step toward becoming regular readers!
- Broad appeal: Action, suspense, mystery, and romance fill the pages of the Bluford Series, offering something for all readers—boys and girls alike.
- Proven success: Students, teachers, parents, librarians, researchers, and policymakers agree: The Bluford Series can transform nonreaders into avid readers.
- Great Price: Priced at $4 individually or $3 when purchased as part of a set, Bluford novels offer an unbeatable value.
Download the first six pages of the Teacher's Guide to the Bluford Series: Volume 1 by clicking here.