Title:
Content reading and literacy : succeeding in today's diverse classrooms
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Edition:
2nd ed
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon, 1998
ISBN:
9780205270118
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Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
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Searching... | 30000003898883 | LB1050.455 A47 1998 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
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Summary
Summary
Assuming that textbooks are necessary for learning content for middle and secondary school students, this text for teachers explores methods of understanding and teaching language comprehension. The authors treat reading, speaking, and writing holistically in their discussions of such topics as stud
Table of Contents
| 1 Content Literacy and the Reading Process |
| Assumptions Underlying Content Teaching |
| What It Means to Be Literate |
| The New Literacy Studies |
| The Reading Process |
| 2 Language, Diversity, and Culture |
| Language as a Vehicle for Teaching and Learning Content |
| Diversity in Language and Learning |
| Teaching and Learning in Culturally Diverse Classrooms |
| Culturally Responsive |
| Professional Growth |
| 3 Creating a Favorable Learning Environment |
| Affective Characteristics |
| Forms of Grouping |
| 4 Planning for Content Literacy |
| Instructional Decision Making |
| Planning and Educational Technology |
| Structured Frameworks for Content Literacy Lessons |
| Beyond the Daily Plan: Unit Planning |
| 5 Assessment of Students and Textbooks |
| Assessing Students |
| Assessing Textbooks |
| 6 Preparing to Read |
| The Role of Prior Knowledge |
| Assessing and Building Prior Knowledge |
| Activating Prior Knowledge with Prereading Guides |
| 7 Reading to Learn |
| How Students Learn |
| Constructing Meaning with Text |
| Questions and Questioning |
| Sensing and Responding to Text Structure |
| 8 Integrating Reading, Listening, and Speaking |
| Increasing Vocabulary and Conceptual Growth |
| Learning Words and Concepts |
| How Students Learn Vocabulary |
| Teaching Vocabulary |
| Developing Students' Independence |
| Reinforcing Vocabulary |
| 9 Responding to Reading |
| Engaging Students Through Discussion |
| Guiding Student Reflection |
| Promoting Critical Literacy |
| 10 Writing Across the Curriculum |
| What Content Teachers Need to Know About Writing |
| Writing Activities for Content Areas |
| Writing to Inquire |
| Responding to Student Writing |
| 11 Studying and Study Strategies |
| Prerequisites for Effective Studying |
| Developing Reading Fluency |
| Preparing for Tests |
| Using Study Strategies |
| 12 Developing Lifetime Readers: Literature in Content Area Classes |
| Benefits of Using Literature in Content Areas |
| Encouraging Responses to Literature |
| Integrating Literature into Content Areas |
| Developing Awareness of Diversity through Literature |
