In this innovative book teachers will learn how they can engage and motivate students using shared reading with readers and writers at all levels of language proficiency. The book provides research, resources, practical ideas, and strategies to increase our students` literate experiences in a variety of curricular and instructional areas: strategic reading and comprehension; building background knowledge for content literacy; personal, academic, and public writing; transitions to independent reading; community knowledge and literature circles; increased vocabulary; and modeled fluency. A wide range of student work, graphic organizers, and suggested reading lists complement this important new book.