Content Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms

by Alvermann, Donna E.; Phelps, Stephen F.

• ISBN13: 9780205327423
• ISBN10: 0205327427
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The third edition of this student-centered text is grounded in its in-depth and integrated attention to the content literacy needs of students from diverse cultural and language backgrounds. In this new edition, Alvermann and Phelps have added emphasis to the issues of struggling readers, technology, writing across the curriculum, and a social constructionist framework for learning. Connected with major research and theoretical frameworks, the text provides concepts and strategies for practical use in today's diverse classrooms.

Table of Contents

Dedication	iii
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xiv
Content Literacy and the Reading Process	1	(35)
Assumptions Underlying Content Teaching	3	(8)
Subject Matter	4	(1)
Role of the Textbook	5	(1)
Active and Independent Readers	6	(5)
What It Means to Be Literate	11	(8)
Literate Thinking	12	(1)
Content Literacy	13	(3)
The New Literacy Studies	16	(3)
The Reading Process	19	(16)
A Cognitive View	19	(9)
A Social-Constructionist Perspective	28	(3)
The Role of Motivation	31	(4)
Summary	35	(1)
Suggested Readings	35	(1)
Language, Diversity, and Culture	36	(26)
Language as a Vehicle for Teaching and Learning Content	39	(5)
Seeing Language as Social Practice	39	(2)
Dealing with Gendered Language in the Classroom and the Text	41	(3)
Diversity in Language and Learning	44	(8)
Second-Language Acquisition and Learning	44	(4)
Dialect Differences	48	(2)
Struggling or Reluctant Readers	50	(1)
Gifted Learners	51	(1)
Teaching and Learning in Culturally Diverse Classrooms	52	(5)
Today's Youth Culture	52	(2)
Integrating Language, Culture, and Content	54	(3)
Culturally Responsive Professional Growth	57	(3)
Appreciating Diversity	57	(1)
Involving Parents and Community	58	(2)
Summary	60	(1)
Suggested Readings	61	(1)
Creating a Favorable Learning Environment	62	(28)
Affective Characteristics	65	(6)
Linking Content Literacy with Students' Lives	65	(3)
Adaptive Instruction	68	(1)
Providing Choices	69	(2)
Forms of Grouping	71	(8)
Ability Grouping	71	(2)
Cooperative Learning	73	(2)
Cross-Age Tutoring	75	(1)
Discussion Groups	76	(2)
Reading and Writing Workshops	78	(1)
Creating Community with Technology and Media	79	(6)
Technology	80	(3)
Media	83	(2)
Conflict Resolution	85	(4)
What the Research Says	86	(1)
Strategies for Managing Conflict	87	(2)
Summary	89	(1)
Suggested Readings	89	(1)
Planning for Content Literacy	90	(44)
Instructional Decision Making	93	(9)
Content Objectives	93	(2)
Language and Literacy Objectives	95	(2)
Learning Materials	97	(1)
Student Capabilities and Needs	97	(4)
Evaluation and Assessment	101	(1)
Planning and Educational Technology	102	(6)
Teaching Resources on the Web	103	(2)
Planning Student Involvement with the Internet	105	(3)
Structured Frameworks for Content Literacy Lessons	108	(10)
Direct Instruction	108	(1)
The Instructional Framework	109	(1)
K-W-L	110	(3)
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity	113	(1)
Reciprocal Teaching	114	(4)
Beyond the Daily Plan: Unit Planning	118	(14)
Integrated Language Processes	118	(1)
Interdisciplinary Teaching	119	(3)
Thematic Teaching	122	(1)
Integrative Curriculum	123	(1)
Unit Planning	124	(8)
Summary	132	(1)
Suggested Readings	133	(1)
Assessment of Students and Textbooks	134	(42)
Assessing Students	137	(33)
Tests and Testing: A Consumer Advisory	137	(4)
Types of Assessment	141	(8)
Learning about Students	149	(5)
Grades and Grading	154	(10)
Portfolio Assessment	164	(6)
Assessing Textbooks	170	(5)
Readability Formulas	171	(2)
Consumer Judgments	173	(2)
Summary	175	(1)
Suggested Readings	175	(1)
Preparing to Read	176	(28)
The Role of Prior Knowledge	179	(3)
Barriers to New Learning	179	(2)
The Teacher's Task	181	(1)
Assessing and Building Prior Knowledge	182	(5)
The List-Group-Label Strategy	182	(1)
Graphic Organizers	182	(1)
Reading and Listening	183	(3)
Writing	186	(1)
Activating Prior Knowledge with Prereading Guides	187	(15)
Anticipation Guides	188	(8)
Problem-Solving Activities	196	(6)
Summary	202	(1)
Suggested Readings	203	(1)
Reading to Learn	204	(42)
How Students Learn	207	(2)
Constructing Meaning with Text	209	(6)
Separating the Important from the Unimportant	211	(1)
Inferencing	212	(1)
Helping Students Interpret Text	213	(2)
Questions and Questioning	215	(17)
When to Ask: The Right Time and the Right Place	217	(1)
What to Ask: The Relation between Questions and Answers	218	(6)
How to Ask: Questioning Strategies	224	(4)
Alternatives to Questions: Comprehension Guides	228	(4)
Sensing and Responding to Text Structure	232	(10)
Common Text Structures	233	(2)
Teaching about Text Structures	235	(7)
Integrating Other Language Processes	242	(2)
Summary	244	(1)
Suggested Readings	244	(2)
Increasing Vocabulary and Conceptual Growth	246	(37)
Learning Words and Concepts	248	(1)
How Students Learn Vocabulary	249	(5)
Word-Learning Tasks	250	(1)
Levels of Word Knowledge	251	(1)
Readers' Resources for Learning New Words	252	(2)
Teaching Vocabulary	254	(9)
Criteria for Selecting Vocabulary	255	(1)
Guidelines for Vocabulary Instruction	256	(1)
Strategies for Introducing and Teaching Vocabulary	257	(6)
Developing Students' Independence	263	(12)
Using Context Clues	263	(3)
Using Familiar Word Parts	266	(2)
Using Dictionaries	268	(2)
Vocabulary Self-Collection	270	(1)
Intensive Approaches for Special Cases	271	(4)
Reinforcing Vocabulary	275	(7)
Matching Activities and Puzzles	275	(1)
Categorizing Activities	276	(1)
Analogies	276	(6)
Summary	282	(1)
Suggested Readings	282	(1)
Responding to Reading	283	(25)
Engaging Students through Discussion	286	(5)
Small-Group Discussions	287	(3)
Peer-Led Literature Circles	290	(1)
Guiding Student Reflection	291	(7)
Reaction Guides	291	(2)
Reading for Different Purposes	293	(2)
Discussion Webs	295	(2)
Intra-Act Procedure	297	(1)
Promoting Critical Literacy	298	(9)
Teaching Literacy for Critical Awareness	300	(2)
Incorporating Critical Media Literacy in the Curriculum	302	(5)
Summary	307	(1)
Suggested Readings	307	(1)
Writing Across the Curriculum	308	(44)
What Content Teachers Need to Know about Writing	310	(8)
Writing and Reading	310	(1)
The Writing Process	311	(3)
Social Construction of Writing	314	(3)
Writing and the Computer	317	(1)
Writing Activities for Content Areas	318	(18)
Writing Assignments	319	(3)
Learning Logs and Journals	322	(3)
Other Informal Writing Activities	325	(1)
Reviewing and Summarizing	325	(5)
Guiding Student Writing	330	(6)
Writing to Inquire	336	(10)
Preparing for Student Inquiry	338	(1)
Collecting and Organizing Information	339	(3)
Writing a Report	342	(2)
Alternatives to the Traditional Research Report	344	(2)
Responding to Student Writing	346	(4)
Peer Responses	347	(1)
Teacher Conferences	348	(1)
Formal Evaluation	349	(1)
Summary	350	(1)
Suggested Readings	351	(1)
Studying and Study Strategies	352	(22)
Prerequisites for Effective Studying	355	(2)
Motivation	355	(1)
Teacher's Expectations	355	(1)
Knowledge of the Criterion Task	356	(1)
Domain Knowledge	356	(1)
Developing Reading Fluency	357	(3)
Speed, Accuracy, and Appropriate Expression	357	(2)
Fluency with Information Technology	359	(1)
Preparing for Tests	360	(3)
Objective Tests	360	(1)
Subjective Tests	361	(1)
Role of Homework	361	(2)
Using Study Strategies	363	(10)
Task Awareness with SQ3R	364	(1)
Strategy Awareness	364	(1)
Performance Awareness	365	(2)
Note-Taking Strategies	367	(3)
Compare/Contrast Matrix	370	(1)
Internet Search Strategies	371	(2)
Summary	373	(1)
Suggested Readings	373	(1)
Developing Lifetime Readers: Literature in Content Area Classes	374	(27)
Benefits of Using Literature in Content Areas	378	(2)
Encouraging Responses to Literature	380	(3)
Integrating Literature into Content Areas	383	(11)
Uses of Literature in Content Areas	383	(6)
Fiction and Nonfiction for Content Areas	389	(5)
Developing Awareness of Diversity through Literature	394	(6)
Summary	400	(1)
Suggested Readings	400	(1)
Appendix A Word Lover's Booklist	401	(2)
Appendix B Read-Aloud Books For Content Areas	403	(3)
Appendix C Trade Books for Science, Math, and Social Studies	406	(5)
Appendix D Culturally Conscious Trade Books	411	(5)
References	416	(20)
Author Index	436	(7)
Subject Index	443