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Language Arts Essentials

by Tompkins, Gail E.

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Pub. Date:

10/28/2005

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Pearson

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Summary

This new book from the leading name in the fields of literacy and language arts has been crafted to provide the most concise, research driven, critical information for the language arts. The book is divided into six parts, with each part covering the essentials, strategies, and classroom practices appropriate to the topic. General K-12 Language Arts teachers.

Author Biography

Gail E. Tompkins is Professor Emerita at California State Unversity, Fresno, and she continues to direct the San Joaquin Valley Writing Project. She regularly works with teachers in their kindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms and leads staff development programs on reading, language arts, and writing. In 1998 Dr. Tompkins was inducted into the California Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame in recognition of her publication and other accomplishments in the field of reading, and recently she was awarded the prestigious Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching at California's State University, Fresno.

PART 1

Teaching Language Arts Today

(36)

Introduction

(1)

Classroom Close-Up

(4)

Mrs. Miller-McColm Teaches Language Arts

(4)

Essentials

(3)

Essential #1: The Six Language Arts

(1)

Essential #2: The Instructional Approaches

(1)

Theory to Practice: Integrating the Language Arts in a First-Grade Classroom

(1)

Literature Focus Unit

(4)

Literature Circles

(4)

Reading and Writing Workshop

(4)

Thematic Units

(4)

Strategies

(2)

What Is a Strategy?

(1)

Language Arts Strategies

(1)

Skills Are Important, Too!

(1)

What About Teaching Strategies and Skills?

(1)

Classroom Practice

(7)

What's the Relationship Between Language and Learning?

(1)

The Goal of Language Arts Instruction

(1)

Scaffolding English Learners: Ways to Scaffold English Learners

(1)

Students Today: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

(3)

Critical Literacy: Using Language for Social Action

(1)

A Is for Authentic Assessment

(1)

Review

(2)

The Big Ideas

(1)

Classroom Inquiry

(1)

PART 2

Listening

(20)

Introduction

(1)

Classroom Close-Up

(3)

Second Graders Listen to Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!

(3)

Essentials

(3)

Essential #1: The Listening Process

(1)

Essential #2: Purposes for Listening

(2)

Strategies

(3)

Listening Strategies

(2)

Minilesson: Visualizing

(1)

Minilesson: Getting Clues

(1)

Classroom Practice

(8)

Interactive Read-Alouds: Getting Students Engaged in Listening

(1)

Theory to Practice: Using Interactive Read-Alouds in a Third Grade Classroom

(2)

Learning to ``Do'' School: Ways to Improve Students' Efferent Listening

(1)

Scaffolding English Learners: Why Is Listening So Important for English Learners?

(1)

Developing a Critical Ear

(3)

A Is for Authentic Assessment: Does Anyone Assess Listening

(1)

Review

(1)

The Big Ideas

(1)

Classroom Inquiry

(1)

PART 3

Talking

(22)

Introduction

(1)

Classroom Close-Up

(2)

Third Graders Participate in Literature Circles

(2)

Essentials

(3)

Essential #1: Small-Group Conversations

(1)

Essential #2: Levels of Questions

(1)

Theory to Practice: Third Graders Ask Higher-Level Question About a Story

(1)

Strategies

(2)

Talk Strategies

(1)

Minilesson: Conversations

(1)

Classroom Practice

(12)

Academic Language: A Key to School Success

(1)

Scaffolding English Learners: Teach Academic English Through Thematic Units

(1)

Can We Talk? Discussing Stories in Grand Conversations

(1)

Instructional Conversations: Using Talk to Learn

(1)

K-W-L Charts: Building Knowledge Through Talk

(2)

The Power of Drama

(2)

A Is for Authentic Assessment: Retelling Stories to Check Comprehension

(1)

Theory to Practice: Fifth Graders Become Pilgrims on the Mayflower

(4)

Review

(1)

The Big Ideas

(1)

Classroom Inquiry

(1)

PART 4

Reading

(34)

Introduction

(1)

Classroom Close-Up

(3)

Fifth Graders Read Number the Stars

(3)

Essentials

(5)

Essential #1: What's Important in Reading?

(2)

Essential #2: The Reading Process

(1)

Essential #3: Elements of Story Structure

(2)

Strategies

(4)

Reading Strategies

(1)

Scaffolding English Learners: How to Improve Students' Comprehension

(1)

Minilesson: Theme

(1)

Minilesson: Making Predictions

(1)

Minilesson: Sequence

(1)

Minilesson: Reading Poems

(1)

Classroom Practice

(19)

Language Experience Approach: It's Almost Foolproof!

(2)

Three Ways to Promote Reading

(1)

Reader Response: Dynamic Engagement With Literature

(2)

Theory to Practice: Seventh Graders Respond in Reading Logs

(1)

Nonfiction Books: More Than ``Just the Facts''

100

(3)

Walking in Another's Footsteps: Personalizing Reading and Learning

103

(2)

Poems Are Like Onions

105

(5)

A Is for Authentic Assessment: Making Comprehension Visible

110

(3)

Review

113

(1)

The Big Ideas

113

(1)

Classroom Inquiry

113

(1)

PART 5

Writing

114

(32)

Introduction

115

(1)

Classroom Close-Up

116

(2)

A Sixth-Grade Poetry Workshop

116

(2)

Essentials

118

(4)

Essential #1: Types of Journals

118

(1)

Essential #2: The Writing Process

119

(2)

Scaffolding English Learners: Using the Writing Process Successfully

121

(1)

Strategies

122

(4)

Writing Strategies

122

(2)

Minilesson: Revising

124

(1)

Minilesson: Quickwrite

125

(1)

Minilesson: Data Charts

125

(1)

Minilesson: Simulated Letters

126

(1)

Classroom Practice

126

(19)

Young Children Can Write!

126

(2)

Good, Better, Best! Ways to Improve Students' Writing

128

(1)

Theory to Practice: Mrs. Kirkpatrick's Students Write About Cookies

129

(3)

Research Workshop: Asking Questions and Writing Answers

132

(3)

Life Stories: Up Close and Personal

135

(2)

Becoming a Poet

137

(4)

A Is for Authentic Assessment: Using Rubrics to Assess Writing

141

(4)

Review

145

(1)

The Big Ideas

145

(1)

Classroom Inquiry

145

(1)

PART 6

Language Tools

146

(30)

Introduction

147

(1)

Classroom Close-Up

148

(2)

Mr. Martinez Individualizes Spelling Instruction

148

(2)

Essentials

150

(4)

Essential #1: Grammar Concepts

150

(2)

Essential #2: Stages of Spelling Development

152

(2)

Strategies

154

(2)

Vocabulary Strategies

154

(1)

Grammar Strategies

154

(1)

Spelling Strategies

155

(1)

Minilesson: Combining Sentences

155

(1)

Minilesson: ``Think It Out''

156

(1)

Classroom Practice

156

(18)

The Story of English

156

(4)

Word Smarts

160

(3)

Why Teach Grammar?

163

(1)

Theory to Practice: Ms. Vang Teaches Vocabulary Using Smoky Night

163

(1)

Scaffolding English Learners: How Should I Teach Grammar to My English Learners?

164

(3)

Let's Play Sentence Games!

167

(2)

Teaching Students to Spell Conventionally

169

(2)

A Is for Authentic Assessment: Analyzing Students' Spelling Development

171

(3)

Review

174

(2)

The Big Ideas

174

(1)

Classroom Inquiry

175

(1)

References

176

(10)

Index

186

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