Description

The teaching guide for “Diamonds at Dusk” provides interdisciplinary class activities, discussion questions, journal prompts, chapter summaries and reading comprehension questions, vocabulary exercises, and ACE questions aligned to Common Core standards for English Language Arts (ELA). Instructors will also find a set of resources that form the foundation of teaching ELA in the age of Common Core, including links to the development of pattern folders, guides to Socratic seminar and the ACE response method, and rubrics for discussion and written expression. Teachers can choose from a wide range of activities suitable for middle and high school students of varying ability.