The sentences that compose the missing paragraph Student-ch...

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(1) Allowing students to choose their own reading materials is a strategy that literacy specialists recommend as a way to develop lifelong readers. - The opening statement starts with the verb in gerund form as it serves as the main clause's subject, establishing the topic of the passage.

(2) Students are given a choice of literature from an age- and reading level-appropriate book collection. - This sentence follows up on the opening statement by giving the specifics of the main topic, albeit from a broad outlook

(3) After a period of independent reading, students break into groups and discuss what they’ve read, book club-style, followed by journaling. - This further elaborates on the point raised in the previous sentence by detailing the implications of the strategy deployed.

(4) When this strategy is successful, students are able to delve deeply into the meaning of the literature, develop critiquing skills, and have a valuable discussion with their classmates about the book that they chose. - A justification of the previous statement is in order as it helps lend credibility to the author's claim, in addition to logically defining his main line of argument i.e.: do this so as to achieve that

(5) Teachers who use this strategy find that it can lead to a classroom that is engaged with literature. - This statement closes off the paragraph and provies a smooth transition to the next paragraph