Books with author Mr. Kevin Gallagher

If you want to learn how to shoot a basketball, you begin by carefully observing someone who knows how to shoot a basketball. If you want to be a writer, you begin by carefully observing the work of accomplished writers. Recognizing the importance that modeling plays in the learning process, high school English teacher Kelly Gallagher shares how he gets his students to stand next to and pay close attention to model writers, and how doing so elevates his students' writing abilities. Write Like This is built around a central premise: if students are to grow as writers, they need to read good writing, they need to study good writing, and, most important, they need to emulate good writers.In Write Like This, Kelly emphasizes real-world writing purposes, the kind of writing he wants his students to be doing twenty years from now. Each chapter focuses on a specific discourse: express and reflect, inform and explain, evaluate and judge, inquire and explore, analyze and interpret, and take a stand/propose a solution. In teaching these lessons, Kelly provides mentor texts (professional samples as well as models he has written in front of his students), student writing samples, and numerous assignments and strategies proven to elevate student writing.By helping teachers bring effective modeling practices into their classrooms, Write Like This enables students to become better adolescent writers. More important, the practices found in this book will help our students develop the writing skills they will need to become adult writers in the real world.

Children should not just read the Bible, but experience it. In The Story of the Bible, young listeners will discover not only the sanctity and wisdom, but the excitement of the stories and events that shaped human history and brought about our salvation. Unlike anything else in the market, this series uses the schoolhouse model approach, where children of all ages can engage with the content. Volume I: The Old Testament begins the journey. In this audiobook, children will: Visit the Garden of Eden Board Noah's ark Climb the Tower of Babel Follow Moses through the Red Sea Listen to David's harp Witness Samson's strength Enter the lion's den with Daniel Learn God's plan from the prophets Each account is told in story form to engage listeners, with each narrative supplemented with actual Bible quotes. A closing summary provides context for each story and reveals a lesson for daily life. Help the children in your life come to know and love the Bible through this groundbreaking series, The Story of the Bible. Their encounter with scripture will never be the same. This dramatized audiobook edition includes inspiring music and more than 3,000 engaging sound effects that can be enjoyed by family members of all ages.

Do your students often struggle with difficult novels and other challenging texts? Do they think one reading of a work is more than enough? Do they primarily comprehend at a surface-level, and are they frequently unwilling or unable to discover the deeper meaning found in multi-layered works? Do you feel that you are doing more work teaching the novel than they are reading it?Building on twenty years of teaching language arts, Kelly Gallagher, author of Reading Reasons, shows how students can be taught to successfully read a broad range of challenging and difficult texts with deeper levels of comprehension. In Deeper Reading, Kelly shares effective, classroom-tested strategies that enable your students to:accept the challenge of reading difficult books;move beyond a "first draft" understanding of the text into deeper levels of reading; consciously monitor their comprehension as they read;employ effective fix-it strategies when their comprehension begins to falter;use meaningful collaboration to achieve deeper understanding of texts;think metaphorically to deepen their reading comprehension;reach deeper levels of reflection by understanding the relevance the book holds for themselves and their peers;use critical thinking skills to analyze real-world issues.Kelly also provides guidance on effective lesson planning that incorporates strategies for deeper reading.Funny, poignant, and packed with practical ideas that work in real classrooms, Deeper Reading is a valuable resource for any teacher whose students need new tools to uncover the riches found in complex texts.

Children should not just hear the Bible, but experience it. Here, young listeners will discover not only the sanctity and wisdom but the excitement of the stories and events that shaped human history and brought about our salvation. Unlike anything else in the market, this series uses the "schoolhouse model" approach where children of all ages can engage with the content. Volume II, The New Testament, continues the journey. Children will marvel as they: Bow at the manger alongside Mary in the stable Witness Christ resist the Devil's temptations, multiply the loaves and fishes, heal the sick, and raise the dead Experience His passion, death, resurrection, and ascension And hear the Holy Spirit come like fire at Pentecost to send Peter and the apostles out into the world to become the foundation of the Church. Each account is told in story form to engage listeners, with each narrative supplemented with actual Bible quotes. A closing summary provides context for each story and reveals a lesson for daily life. Help the children in your life come to know and love the Bible through this groundbreaking series. Their encounter with Jesus will never be the same. This dramatized audiobook edition includes inspiring music and more than 3,000 engaging sound effects that can be enjoyed by family members of all ages.

Brilliantly read and preformed by Kevin Gallagher, this audio dramatization of the Story of the Bible will bring alive in your home or car the Biblical accounts from long ago. Sound effects, music and voice acting complement the reading of each story, with 15 hours of content. Your children will be transported back in time by simply closing their eyes!

Talented voice actor and audio book producer Kevin Gallagher returns to bring children the history of the world in this riveting reading of The Story of Civilization: The Ancient World. This follows his immensely popular reading of TAN Book’s The Story of the Bible. Your children will be transported back in time through the sound effects, music and voice acting that complements the reading of the text. Whether looking for entertainment on a long road trip, enhancing the experience with the text, or catering to the needs of a child with a reading disability—this audio dramatization will open up a new world of adventure for kids of all ages. Did You Know….That young people in the Minoan culture participated in bull leaping games?That King Xerxes of Persia once ordered his soldiers to whip the waves when the ocean became rocky beneath their boats?That the Greek inventor, Archimedes, built a giant heat ray to protect his hometown, catching enemy ships on fire through the use of sunbeams?That the powerful Carthaginian general, Hannibal, used elephants to march his army over the Alps on his way to attack Rome?That Julius Caesar of Rome fell in love with the famous Cleopatra of Egypt?Embark on the journey now to learn of all these wonders and more!The Story of Civilization has seven products and uses the "schoolhouse model" so that kids of all ages can engage with the content. How old the child is determines which products he or she will use. The Dramatized Audio Book can be used by children from 1st Grade all the way to 8th. Younger children can listen without the book and let their imaginations run wild with all the stories, while older children can use it as a way to enhance their reading experience.

Brilliantly read and performed by Kevin Gallagher, this audio dramatization of The Story of the Bible will bring alive in your home or car the Biblical accounts from long ago. Sound effects, music and voice acting complement the reading of each story, with 15 hours of content. Your children will be transported back in time by simply closing their eyes!