Content area reading and writing : fostering literacies in middle and high school cultures

Responsibility
Norman Unrau.
Imprint
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall, c2004.
Physical description
xviii, 458 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

At the library

SAL3 (off-campus storage)

Stacks Request (opens in new tab)
Items in Stacks
Call number Note Status
LB1631 .U57 2004 Available

More options

Description

Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator
Unrau, Norman.

Contents/Summary

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • 1. Engaging Cultures and Literacies for Learning.
  • 2. Readers Reading: Inside the Meaning Construction Zone.
  • 3. Assessing Readers and Their Texts.
  • 4. Vocabulary and Concept Development in the Content Areas.
  • 5. Strategies to Enhance Comprehension.
  • 6. Collaborating for Literacy and Learning: Group Strategies.
  • 7. Critical Reading.
  • 8. Writing to Assess, Promote, and Observe Learning.
  • 9. Struggling Readers and English Learners: Addressing their Cognitive and Cultural Needs.
  • 10. Focusing on Motivation to Read Content Area Texts.
  • 11. Designing Literacy into Academically Diverse Content Area Classes: Aligning Standards with Strategies and Assessments.
  • 12. Teacher to Teacher: Fostering Literacy and Reflective Practice.
  • (source: Nielsen Book Data)
Publisher's summary
For content area reading and literacy development in middle and high school courses. Through this strategy-driven, theory-based text, content-area teachers gain a thorough understanding of the fundamental role that reading and writing play in content-area learning. Unique to this text is the attention paid to helping teachers understand how the high school cultures students belong to affect their view of literacy and learning. The author effectively guides readers to ways they can identify and address school cultures and make literacy in content learning, relevant to students. The author offers step-by-step approaches to gauge student literacy, build vocabulary, and implement instruction that improves comprehension, encourages critical reading, supports writing for learning, and facilitates collaboration for literacy development.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Bibliographic information

Publication date
2004
ISBN
0130184551
9780130184559

Browse related items

Start at call number:
View full page
Librarian view | Catkey: 9375313