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. 

Michael Méndez Guevara is a Mexican American writer and former high-school English and journalism teacher. He has taught on the US-Mexico border, at large urban schools, at rural schools, and in small elite schools. He has taught in schools where students lacked for nothing, and he also has taught at schools where students relied on free school meals to eat and often worked to help support the family. Regardless of whom he taught, he wanted all his students to see themselves as writers who recognized the power of their individual stories.

The pages of his books are rich remnants, reflections, and reminiscences of his years teaching. Michael works as an educational sales rep and literacy consultant. Michael's debut novel The Closest Thing to a Normal Life is now available.