Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades 7-12

by Gayle H. Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780761988830
• ISBN10: 0761988831
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-09
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

Gregory and Kuzmich offer a versatile handbook for middle school and high school educators who need to differentiate literacy instruction for learners at different stages of development.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
About the Authors	xiii
Introduction: Multiple Competencies in Literacy	xv
Accelerating Literacy Learning	1	(16)
Academic Accountability	1	(1)
Closing the Achievement Gap	2	(1)
Diverse Learners and Busy Teachers	3	(1)
Selecting High-Payoff Instructional Strategies	3	(3)
Standards-Based Curriculum	6	(1)
Four Core Competencies in Literacy	7	(6)
Assessment Data	13	(3)
A Comprehensive Literacy Program	16	(1)
Creating a Climate for Literacy Learning	17	(20)
Equity, Diversity, and Classroom Climate	17	(2)
Building Connections With Students	19	(3)
Goal Setting at the Secondary Level	22	(1)
The Basic Toolkit for Teachers of Diverse Learners	23	(5)
You Can't Learn to Read Without Reading	28	(2)
You Can't Learn to Write Without Writing	30	(1)
You Can't Learn to Speak and Listen Without Speaking and Listening	31	(3)
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Every Day	34	(3)
Knowing the Adolescent Literacy Learner	37	(24)
Brain Research	37	(5)
Adolescent Brain Development	42	(1)
Developmental Tasks of the Adolescent	43	(1)
Characteristics of Adolescents	44	(1)
Learning Styles	45	(5)
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences	50	(4)
Best Teaching Practices for All Learning Styles, Preferences, and Intelligences	54	(6)
Build Your Knowledge of Your Literacy Learners	60	(1)
Functional Literacy	61	(34)
Functional Literacy Defined	61	(1)
Oral Language Development	62	(2)
Phonological Awareness	64	(1)
Phonemic Awareness	64	(2)
Spelling and Early Writing	66	(1)
Fluency	67	(3)
Fluency Is the Prelude to Comprehension	70	(1)
Literacy Strategies for Diverse Learners	70	(4)
Flexible Grouping Strategies for Functional Literacy	74	(10)
Forms of Writing	84	(8)
Speaking and Listening	92	(1)
A Balanced Literacy Program for Functional Literacy	93	(2)
Content Area Literacy	95	(44)
Content Area Literacy Defined	95	(1)
Vocabulary Acquisition	96	(7)
Formulating Questions for Critical Thinking	103	(3)
Text Orientation	106	(15)
Forms of Writing	121	(13)
Presentation and Product Creation for Content Area Literacy	134	(3)
Commitment to Content Area Literacy	137	(2)
Technological Literacy	139	(22)
Technological Literacy Defined	139	(1)
The Multidimensional Nature of the Twenty-first Century	139	(1)
Questioning Authenticity	140	(5)
Searching for Information	145	(4)
Media Orientation	149	(1)
Multimedia Production	150	(6)
Demystifying Directions	156	(1)
Technological Literacy and Diverse Learners	157	(2)
Technological Literacy and Lifelong Learning	159	(2)
Innovative Literacy	161	(20)
Innovative Literacy Defined	161	(1)
Innovation and Creativity	162	(3)
Instructional Strategies That Promote Innovative and Creative Literacy	165	(4)
Lifelong Learner Orientation	169	(3)
Practical and Adaptive Thinking	172	(4)
Influential Communication	176	(2)
High Payoff for the Unknown Future	178	(3)
Managing Instruction in the Differentiated Literacy Classroom	181	(28)
Unit Planning for Literacy Learning	182	(9)
Managing Literacy Instruction in Diverse Classrooms	191	(3)
Centers	194	(5)
Strategies for Learners With Literacy Problems	199	(3)
Developing Independent Learners	202	(4)
Classrooms That Support Differentiated Literacy Learning	206	(3)
Bibliography	209	(10)
Index	219