Description
This book gives all teachers in grades 5-12 practical strategies for building the unique literacy skills that students need for success in their respective subject areas. Drawing from interviews with leading educators and professionals in science, mathematics, history, the arts, and other disciplines, the authors explain what disciplinary literacy is and discuss ways to teach close reading of complex texts, discipline-specific argumentation skills, academic vocabulary, the use of multimodal tools and graphic organizers, and more. User-friendly features include classroom materials, lesson plans, practice activities, and recommended online teaching videos. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the book's 20 reproducible forms in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
Chapter
PART I. THE LITERACY OF THE DISCIPLINES
1.
What Is Disciplinary Literacy?
Disciplinary Literacy and Content-Area Literacy
Chapter 1 Activity: A Graphic Organizer to Guide You through Your Reading
2. What Are the Literacy Demands of Experts in the Disciplines?: Talking with Scientists, Historians, Mathematicians, Authors of Fiction, Musicians, Artists, Athletes, and Technical Experts
Athletes and Outdoor Education
History and the Social Sciences
Literature and the English Language Arts
PART II. LITERACY INSTRUCTION IN THE DISCIPLINES
3. Saying It Well: Instruction That Supports Academic Language Development in the Disciplines
Listening, Speaking, Discussing: Collaborating
The Power of Framing It: Language Frames
4. Choosing the Right Words: Instruction That Supports Academic Vocabulary Use in the Disciplines
So Many Words: The Three Tiers
So Many Words: Which Do I Teach?
How Do I Teach the Selected Vocabulary?
Verbal and Visual Word Association and Related Approaches in the Disciplines
5. Arguing It Well: Instruction That Supports Communication in the Disciplines
Getting Started with Arguments
How to Argue Facts: Science
How to Argue Judgments: Literature
How to Argue Policy: Social Studies
A Few Words about Sources
6. Reading It Carefully: Instruction That Supports Reading in the Disciplines
7. Reading It Closely: Instruction That Supports Close Reading in the Disciplines
How Does Talking about the Text Deepen Understanding?
8. Writing It Down: Instruction That Supports Writing in the Disciplines
Writing in Other Disciplines
Diving into the Disciplines
Three Traps to Avoid When You Work with Your Students
PART III. ROUTINES THAT SUPPORT LEARNING IN THE DISCIPLINES
9. Organizing It Well: Using Graphic Organizers in the Disciplines
Adapting KWL for the Disciplines
10. Presenting It Well: Using Multimodal Tools in the Disciplines
What Role Does Technology Play?
11. Conclusion: Looking Forward
What's Next for Literacy in the Disciplines?
Literacy in the Disciplines
：A Teacher's Guide for Grades 5-12
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