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Literacy for Real: Reading, Thinking, and Learning in the Content Areas (Language & Literacy Practitioners Bookshelf) (Language and Literacy Practitioners Bookshelf)
Literacy for Real Reading Thinking and Learning in the Content Areas - Language & Literacy Practitioners Bookshelf - Language and Literacy Practitioners Bookshelf Author:ReLeah Cossett Lent ''This is an immensely hopeful and forward-looking book with immediate applications. It provides a very useful and reassuring toolbox in a time of challenge and change, of problems and possibilities.'' — -- From the Foreword by Jeffrey Wilhelm, Boise State University, author of ''You Gotta BE the Book,'' Second Edition — Written for ... more »the busy practitioner by an experienced professional development consultant, writer, and speaker, Literacy for Real is a hands-on guide to meaningful reading across the content areas of math, science, and social studies in grades 6-12. It presents key information that addresses all types of 21st century literacy--visual, digital, and print--in an easy-to-use format. The book centers on classroom practices and strategies for helping students tackle the reading required for subject-area study. Chapters focus on engagement, vocabulary, comprehension, and critical reading, and each includes sample activities as well as a list of resources. Avoiding the one-size-fits-all model, this guide instead offers foundational practices based on what we know about learning.
* Research-based strategies for content-area reading instruction, with a focus on student engagement.
* Features online, multimedia texts for today's 21st century classrooms.
* Interactive lessons that teachers can adapt to their own needs.« less