Chase Young is Professor in Literacy at Sam Houston State University, USA, and is an established scholar in reading fluency and literacy interventions. He has published widely and earned international recognition for advancing evidence-based literacy practices.

Seth A. Parsons is Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, USA. He has spent 20 years in education exploring how to enhance students' literacy motivation.

Allison Ward Parsons is Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, USA. As a former elementary teacher and now a literacy researcher and teacher educator, she has spent her career focused on how classroom tasks influence students' motivation and learning.

Why Synergistic and Project-Based Learning? Introduction: Synergistic Instruction 1. A Chain Reaction of Phonemic Fun 2. Phonics to Science 3. Scary Stories and Silent Letters 4. Silent E Would You Rather? 5. Environmental Phonics 6. Phonics Tongue Twisters 7. Phonics Scavenger Hunt 8. Silly Sorting Phonics Poems 9. Compound Words and Realistic Fiction 10. Supercharged Words: A Synergistic Approach to Morphological Awareness 11. Would You Rather with Greek and Latin Roots 12. Meme Mix Up 13. Scary Stories, Vocabulary, and Morphology 14. Character Interviews 15. Classroom Newspaper 16. Commercials 17. Developing and Writing Biographies 18. Documentaries 19. Literacy Escape Room 20. Literary Film Festival 21. Public Service Announcement 22. Reading Review Blog 23. Storytelling Podcast 24. Time Travel 25. Webcasts 26. Conclusion