Developing Content Area Literacy : 40 Strategies for Middle and Secondary Classrooms

by Patricia A. Antonacci

• ISBN13: 9781412972833
• ISBN10: 1412972833
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-22
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Strategies for Developing Content Area Literacy in Middle and Secondary Classrooms addresses the challenges facing students as they move from learning to read in the primary grades to reading to learn in the middle and secondary classrooms; and it will offer a description of the components for all effective adolescent literacy programs that should be required as part of the middle and high school curriculum. The heart of the book will offer classroom teachers in primary and secondary schools an easy-to-follow and comprehensive set of instructional strategies for students' development of literacy skills for reading, writing, and studying in the content areas.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Setting Standards in the English Language Arts

Introduction

Academic Vocabulary: Developing Vocabulary for Learning in Content Areas

Semantic Mapping: Developing Robust Academic Vocabularies

Vocabulary Self-Collection (VSS): Promoting Word Consciousness

Contextual Redefinition: Using Clues as a Word-Learning Strategy

Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA): Comparing and Contrasting Features of Words

List-Group-Label (L-G-L): Developing Conceptual Knowledge of Words

Reading Fluency: Developing Deep-Reading Fluency

Readers Theatre: Increasing Fluency Through Student Engagement With Text

Paired Reading: A Collaborative Approach for Developing Deep-Reading Fluency

Audiobooks: Modeling and Scaffolding Reading Fluency

Radio Reading: An Authentic Approach for Developing Reading Fluency

Morphemic Analysis: A Useful Resource for Becoming a Fluent Reader

Narrative Text: Developing Comprehension for Narrative Text

Interactive Think-Alouds: Collaborative Interpretation of Text

Inference Strategy Guide: Facilitating Reading Between the Lines

Imagination Recreation: Deepening Understanding Through Creativity

Conflict Dissection: Analyzing Relationships in Text

Jots and Doodles: Visualizing Text to Aid Comprehension

Reading Informational Text: Developing Comprehension for Informational Text

Questioning the Author (QtA): Constructing Meaning From the Text

Text Structure Strategy: Using Graphic Organizers to Learn From Informational Text

Connect to It: Making Personal, Text, and World Connections to Text

Quick Writes: Integrating Language for Understanding Text

Inquiry Charts (I-Charts): Organizing Information for Learning From Texts

Media and Digital Literacies: Developing Comprehension for Media and Digital Literacies

Think and Check: Contextualizing and Corroborating Online Information

Digital Storytelling: Creating Digital Text

Wikibooks: Collaborative Research Projects

Podcasting: Merging Media for Understanding

Book Trailers: Insights and Discoveries About Texts

Critical Thinking: Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills

SCAMPER: Collaborative Analysis of Text

Six Thinking Hats: Facilitating Different Modes of Thinking

Academic Controversy: Taking Sides on the Issue

Three-Level Reading Guide: Developing Literal, Interpretive, and Applied Reading of Text

Request Reciprocal Teaching: Collaborative Critical Thinking

Writing Informational Text: Developing Writing in the Content Areas

Concept Star: Visualization for a Prewriting Strategy

Concept Mind Map: Facilitating Collaborative Writing

Research for Choice: Facilitating Student Voice in Academic Writing

Shared Pen: Interactive and Collaborative Writing

Targeted Text: Guided Writing of Informational Text

Independent Learning: Promoting Strategies for Independence in Learning

Talking Around the Text: Using Dialogic Reading and Writing to Promote Independent Learners

Textbook Activity Guide (TAG): Developing Independence in Learning From the Textbook

Academic Note Taking: Supporting Students' Independence in Learning

Entrance and Exit Slips: Helping Students to Reflect on Their Learning

Journaling: Helping Student to Respond, Reflect, and Learn Through Informal Writing

Index

About the Authors

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