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Michael M. Guevara

Michael M. Guevara, recipient of a 2019 Book Love Foundation Grant, spends his days advocating for choice reading and authentic literacy instruction. An Academic Trainer in a large urban high school in San Antonio, Texas, Michael works with teachers on improving their literacy instruction and uses choice reading to help students achieve academic success. A former K-12 ELAR coordinator, Michael has served as president of The Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts and an NCTE committee chair. He recently served on the Texas state standards revision committee that developed new literacy standards adopted by Texas in 2017. His workshops with teachers focus on mentor texts and authentic student writing from their choice reading. Michael is working on a professional development book for literacy educators and currently has agents reading the manuscript of his young adult novel The Closest Thing to a Normal Life.

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    Free Choice Reading for Engagement and Academic Success

    Join Michael Guevara to discuss a strategy for letting students choose their own books to engage them in more texts. The books in this video were provided by Penguin Random House Education.

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    Hispanic Heritage Month: 6 Books to Add to Your Classroom Library

    Back in college, an older Latino gentleman asked me, “When you have kids one day, are you going to raise them as Mexican or white?” The question...

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    Women's History Month March

    8 "Herstory" Books You Need to Read

    I know sometimes it can be a struggle to get kids excited about nonfiction. Even I find myself more drawn to the escapism of fiction. But our world...

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    6 Memoirs to Read this Summer

    With summer either starting or just around the corner, you probably have a growing TBR pile. Well, make room, we've got more books to add to that...

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    5 Books I've Slept On

    We've all been there– you hear endless praise for a book and buy it, fully intending to learn what all the hype is about. But then it sits on your...

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    10 February Books You'll LOVE!

    If you're looking for your next date with a book, here’s a list of 10 young adult love stories that showcase the many different bodies, shades, and...

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    Perfect Pear-ings

    Your Bow Tie Literacy Guy Michael Guevara is showcasing his favorite book pairings! Add these titles to your classroom library and download an...

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    Halloweenie Books

    October is spooky month so what better way to embrace the season than books with mutant teenagers, witches, vampires, and more! Michael Guevara...

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    If You Build It, They Will Read

    Last week during her first week of school, I had a conversation with a fresh-out-of-college-first-year teacher who was spending her evenings typing...

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    Dates, Death, and Dybbuks—Oy vey!

    Earlier this summer, my oldest son was making random conversation at dinner about the foolishness of dating aphorisms, like how you shouldn’t talk...

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