This remarkable book explores the essential steps for planning lessons that grab the attention of students and make them care about their learning, from activating prior knowledge and sparking curiosity; to focusing on content, skills, and inquiry; to reviewing work and finding students’ next steps. Built around the three key areas that are most important to meaningful learning — content, pedagogy, and building rapport with students — this practical book shows you how to make every lesson engaging, impactful, and even fun!

Brenda Stein Dzaldov is a school administrator who has worked for more than 20 years as a classroom teacher, educational consultant, and teacher mentor. A lecturer at OISE–University of Toronto, Brenda is the author of numerous children's books and has published many articles on student literacy learning. Brenda's research interests include children's literature, texts for literacy instruction, multiliteracies, and finding new ways to engage learners using 21st-century pedagogies. Brenda lives in Toronto.

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“Six-step approach to creating engaging and effective lessons…combination of rapport, lesson content and pedagogy are then used to inspire meaningful learning.”

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