Carol Jago

Carol Jago

HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

Carol Jago has taught English in middle and high school in public schools for 32 years and is associate director of the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA. She served as president of the National Council of Teachers of English and as chair of the College Board’s English Academic Advisory committee.

She has published many books with Heinemann including The Book in Question: Why and How Reading Is in Crisis. She is also author of With Rigor for All and Cohesive Writing: Why Concept Is Not Enough and published books on contemporary multicultural authors for NCTE.

Carol is a consulting author to HMH Into Reading, a K-6 reading program and HMH Into Literature, a 6-12 literature program along with numerous previous programs.

Carol was awarded the International Literacy Association’s Adolescent Literacy Thought Leader Award and the CEL Exemplary Leadership Award. She has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Association of Teachers of English. Carol has served on the National Assessment Governing Board and currently serves on the International Literacy Association’s Board of Directors.

 
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Background Knowledge: A Vital Component for Reading Comprehension

Dr. Carol Jago explains the importance of background knowledge for reading comprehension and shares strategies for helping students build that knowledge.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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The Power of Stories: In Difficult Times, Storytelling Offers Respite…and Delight!

While schools are closed, the best learning resource could lie within us: our stories, those we tell our children, and the stories they have to tell us.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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A 2020 Literacy Strategy: From Reading Worriers to Reading Warriors

A literacy expert weighs in on the latest research and trends to help inform teaching strategies in the new year.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Helping Children Read the World: Stories From History

Author and teacher Carol Jago suggests books for your classroom library that situate social-emotional issues within real-world settings, both past and present.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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The Role of Creativity in a Standards-Based Writing Curriculum

There must be a way to prepare students for the rigors of rhetorical analysis without abandoning imaginative expression.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Why True Stories Matter: Help Students Read Their Way Into Social Studies

Books about history open readers’ eyes to the circumstances of people’s lives in places and times other than their own.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Papers, Papers, Papers: Teaching Writing Isn't Just Copy Editing

Correcting student papers and offering constructive feedback to novice writers are distinctly different things.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Why and How Reading Is in Crisis

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Into Reading or Into Themselves? An Analysis of Teens, Technology, and Literacy

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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The Bad Habits of Good Readers

Carol Jago, HMH author and program consultant, makes the case for the seemingly bad habits avid readers possess. 

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Nurturing Natural Word Nerds: Help Students Expand Their Vocabulary Through Reading

In advance of this weekend’s International Literary Association conference, Carol Jago, HMH author and program consultant, explains how reading develops natural vocabulary acquisition.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Click Here for Closer Digital Reading

Carol Jago investigates the differences between print and screen-based reading and offers advice for helping students understand and overcome the distractions of online reading.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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There’s No Such Thing as an Ordinary Day

HMH Content Author Carol Jago shares highlights from the 2016 International Literacy Association Conference.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Getting It by Heart: The Value in Memorizing Poetry

In celebration of National Poetry Month, HMH ELA Program Author Carol Jago explains the value in memorizing poetry and the importance of uninterrupted reading.  

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Beyond the Written Word Close Readings of Complex Visual Texts

Visual artists approach their work with the same purposes as writers: to persuade, to explain, and to convey experience real or imagined. The difference is in their tools. While writers employ diction, syntax, and imagery to establish a tone and convey their message; visual artists use color, line, shape, object, and scale.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA