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Corresponding to the activities in Affective Jacob's Ladder, Grades 6-8, students read high-interest passages, then complete skill ladders connected to the interview, biography, and speech readings and activities to move them from lower to higher level skills of self-awareness, metacognition, and goal setting.
List of contents
Jason Reynolds Michael Phelps Ellen Ochoa Excerpt From Malala Yousafzai Nobel Lecture, 2014 Building Your Inner Coach Own Your Face Matt de la Peña-An Interview Excerpt From President Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks on Signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Excerpt From President Barack Obama's Back-to-School Speech at Wakefield High School
About the author
Dr. Tamra Stambaugh is the Director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. She is the coauthor (with Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska) of
Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners,
Overlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Students, and the
Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program.
Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., is the Jody and Layton Smith Professor Emerita of Education and former Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary in Virginia, where she developed a graduate program and a research and development center in gifted education. She also initiated and directed the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University.
Summary
Corresponding to the activities in Affective Jacob's Ladder, Grades 6-8, students read high-interest passages, then complete skill ladders connected to the interview, biography, and speech readings and activities to move them from lower to higher level skills of self-awareness, metacognition, and goal setting.
