Aligned to Common Core: Motivate The Boys To Read! What young boy can resist topics such as heroes, monster trucks, mysterious planets, pirates and building a skateboard park? This outstanding collection of original short stories, articles, interviews, biographies, and more is sure to capture - and hold - the interest of all your male readers. The subject matter, characters, and graphics have been carefully chosen to relate to boys´ lives, and are just the right length. Real world applications address students´ emotional development as they delve into issues like 9/dev41, advertisement, recycling and body image. The before, during, and after reading exercises incorporate effective, research-based reading comprehension strategies including: activating prior knowledge, predicting, visualizing, questioning, drawing inferences, summarizing, synthesizing, monitoring and repairing comprehension, and evaluation. Includes over 24 short fiction and nonfiction readings, a teacher guide, teacher and student rubrics, read aloud observation form, and answer key. Aligned to Common Core Standards for Reading, Literature & Informational Text.