Full Description
This book empowers teachers across content areas to help adolescents become confident readers and writers. Blending sociocognitive research and innovative strategies, the book shows how to foster inclusive literacy instruction, student agency, and meaningful engagement in today's literacy-rich world. At the heart of the book is a commitment to research-based literacy instruction that values the diverse languages and cultural practices students bring to the classroom and leverages scientific research to take literacy to new heights.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 A Comprehensive View of Literacy
2 Diving into the Science of Reading
3 Shining a Light on the Science of Writing
4 Comparing Content Area and Disciplinary Literacy
5 Informing Instruction through Literacy Assessment
6 Motivating and Engaging Learners in Literacy
7 Boosting Word Recognition and Fluency
8 Building Vocabulary and Knowledge
9 Making Meaning Through Text
10 Communicating Meaning Through Text
11 Digging into Digital Literacy
Epilogue
Glossary
Index of Strategies
Index of Key Concepts
Index
