I like A Teacher's Guide to Mentor Texts by Marchetti and O'dell. 4 Essential Studies has a chapter on essay writing, too, which is interesting.

Yes! I have been using The Heart of Fiction to teach literature this year. Excited to listen!

Love the book. What is your favorite thing to do with it? Can be a single lesson, cumulative, or holistic. Just curious!

What should be the focus, or what is more beneficial for students, in a secondary ELA classroom (for whole-class novels): a focus on content or skills?