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This comprehensive, research-based new guide gives practicing and prospective content area teachers the knowledge and skills they need to develop their students’ content literacy–and to ensure that those secondary school students are college- and career-ready. Through a balance of theory and practice, more than 30 sample lessons, and more than a dozen examples of exemplary teaching, the book emphasizes building language and background knowledge, which are the foundations of literacy, and offers specific suggestions for developing the academic language skills of all students, especially struggling learners and English language learners. Renowned author Tom Gunning includes many features that make this book an ideal resource for helping content area teachers teach their students the reading and writing skills they need to understand and communicate the content of their courses, including:
· The Common Core State Standards and the IRA’s Revised 2010 Standards for Reading Professionals.
· More than 30 sample lessons and more than a dozen real-life examples of Exemplary Teaching.
· Specific suggestions for working with struggling readers and writers.
· Extensive suggestions for building academic language and adapting instruction to meet the needs of English language learners.
· An emphasis on Assessing for Learning including discussions of a wide range of informal and formal formative and summative assessments.
· Ideas for using technology, such as E-books, text-to-speech software, and Universal Design to help struggling learners.
· Ways to use process writing, writing workshops, rubrics, and discipline specific writing.
· The latest findings from cognitive psychology.
· Excellent reinforcing pedagogy including: Anticipation Guides, Using What You Know, end of section check-ups, end of chapter Reflections and Application activities.
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Building Literacy in Secondary Content Area Classrooms by renowned author Thomas Gunning gives practicing and prospective content area teachers the knowledge and skills they need to develop their students’ content literacy–and to ensure that these secondary school students are college- and career-ready. Comprehensive and research-based, the book presents a balanced combination of both theory and practice; provides more than a dozen examples of exemplary teaching; includes extensive, practical suggestions for working with struggling students and English language learners; and incorporates the Common Core State Standards and IRA’s 2010 Standards for Reading Professionals.
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Building Literacy in Secondary Content Area Classrooms by renowned author Thomas Gunning gives practicing and prospective content area teachers the knowledge and skills they need to develop their students' content literacy-and to ensure that these secondary school students are college- and career-ready. Comprehensive and research-based, the book presents a balanced combination of both theory and practice; provides more than a dozen examples of exemplary teaching; includes extensive, practical suggestions for working with struggling students and English language learners; and incorporates the Common Core State Standards and IRA's 2010 Standards for Reading Professionals.
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KEY BENEFIT Gives secondary school teachers the knowledge, skills, and techniques they need to build their own content literacy teaching skills and ensure that their students have the skills they need to be college- and career-ready.
KEY TOPICS Developing content literacy; Common Core State Standards; IRA's 2010 Standards for Reading Professionals; sample lessons; examples of exemplary teaching; working with a wide range of secondary students, including struggling students and English language learners; Assessing for Learning; new literacies and digital tools; using technology, process writing, writing workshops, rubrics, and discipline specific writing; the latest findings from cognitive psychology; and the power of talk.
MARKET Pre-service and in-service secondary school content area teachers.
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Building Literacy in Secondary Content Area Classrooms by renowned author Thomas Gunning gives practicing and prospective content area teachers the knowledge and skills they need to develop their students’ content literacy–and to ensure that these secondary school students are college- and career-ready. Comprehensive and research-based, the book presents a balanced combination of both theory and practice; provides more than a dozen examples of exemplary teaching; includes extensive, practical suggestions for working with struggling students and English language learners; and incorporates the Common Core State Standards and IRA’s 2010 Standards for Reading Professionals.
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About the Author
Thomas G. Gunning has taught courses in methods of teaching reading and writing for more than 20 years and was director of the Reading Clinic at Southern Connecticut State University. Before that, as a secondary English teacher, a reading specialist, and an elementary school reading consultant, he worked extensively with achieving and struggling readers and writers. Dr. Gunning, who recently served as a Reading First consultant, is currently working with elementary and middle school students to help them develop higher level literacy skills, as well as serving as an adjunct professor in the Reading/Language Arts Department at Central Connecticut State University. Over the years, Dr. Gunning’s research has explored reading interests, informal reading inventories, decoding strategies, readability, higher-level literacy skills, and response to intervention. As a result of this research, he has created a number of informal assessments and programs for developing decoding and comprehension skills.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Reading and Writing in the Content Areas: An Introduction
Chapter 2: The Nature and Assessment of Content Area Texts
Chapter 3: Building Content Area Vocabulary
Chapter 4: Comprehension: Processes and Strategies
Chapter 5: Reading to Learn Content
Chapter 6: Collaborative and Cooperative Approaches for Learning
Chapter 7: Study Skills and Strategies
Chapter 8: Writing to Learn
Chapter 9: Teaching Content Area Literacy to Diverse Learners
Chapter 10: Reading and Writing in Language Arts, Social Studies, Art, Music, and World Languages
Chapter 11: Reading and Writing in Science, Math, Technology, and Physical Education
Chapter 12: Using Technology, Trade Books, and Periodicals in the Content Areas
Chapter 13: Evaluating Progress in the Content Areas
Chapter 14: Creating an Effective Content Area Program
Appendix: Morphemic Elements for the Content Areas