Orca Currents Resource Guide

Download or read book Orca Currents Resource Guide written by Kate Hill and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orca Soundings are teen novels for reluctant readers. Orca Currents are middle-school novels for reluctant readers. Written at a grade 2.0 to grade 4.5 reading level, these compelling contemporary novels have proven incredibly popular with teachers and librarians looking for material that will engage their most reluctant of readers. Orca has always provided professionally written teachers guides to accompany these books. Now we offer a complete resource guide to enable classroom integration of these popular titles. Including sections on reading levels, book discussion groups, literacy circles, assessment and follow-up activities, this resource guide enables a teacher to implement the Orca Soundings and Orca Currents series as part of a comprehensive independent reading and literacy unit.

Download or read book Maxed Out written by Daphne Greer and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Selling Points This book was nominated for Best Quick Read by the American Library Association. Maxed Out is the first of two books that feature brothers Duncan and Max. The second, Camped Out, won the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. Enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.

Download or read book Speaking Our Truth written by Monique Gray Smith and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holding each other up with respect, dignity and kindness.

Download or read book Living Rough written by Cristy Watson and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most ways, Poe is like the other kids in his school. He thinks about girls and tries to avoid too much contact with teachers. He has a loving father who helps him with his homework. But Poe has a secret, and almost every day some small act threatens to expose him. He doesn't have a phone number to give to friends. He doesn't have an address. Poe and his father are living in a tent on city land. When the city clears the land to build housing, Poe worries that they might not be able to find another site near his school. Will Poe have to expose his secret to get help for himself and his father? This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

Download or read book Benched written by Cristy Watson and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Cody and his friends accept a challenge from a local gang to steal a park bench, their main concern is keeping themselves on the gang's good side. Cody learns that the stolen bench had been dedicated to the father of the English teacher who sponsors the school newspaper—the paper that Cody has just started writing for—and he's worried about the consequences. As the gang applies pressure for more from Cody and his friends, he realizes they've crossed a line, and now he has to figure out how to make it right.

Download or read book Shatterproof written by Jocelyn Shipley and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Nate needs a break from looking after his newly disabled mom. One day when Nate's mom thinks he's at a cross-country meet, he goes to the mall with a friend he's forbidden to have contact with. At the skate shop he sees a new board he can't afford but has to have, and Nate gets talked into running a scam. It turns out Nate looks a lot like a teen TV star filming in the area. So he and his buddy get girls to pay cash to be extras on set. It's all fine until Nate meets a girl he really likes. Nate knows he has to tell her the truth, but he's not sure he has what it takes to come clean. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Download or read book Flower Power written by Ann Walsh and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Selling Points This is a story full of humor and heart with a cast of multigenerational women working together for change. Flower Power was shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.