| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 178 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part 1 Boys and Girls as Readers and Writers: What We Know -- Part 2 Boys and Girls as Writers: What We Can Do -- On the Shelf: Inventorying By the Teacher -- Off the Shelf: Inventorying By and With Students -- A Matter of Choice/Choice Matters to Readers -- Reading Across Purposes -- Validating the Negative -- Becoming Mapmakers of a New World: Rethinking Story and Character Maps -- Between the Two of Us -- Author and Authority: Encouraging Interpretive Reading -- Exploring Multiple Perspectives -- Understanding the Functions of Text Features -- Linking Reading in the Content Areas To Personal and Prior Knowledge -- Part 3 Boys and Girls as Writers: What We Can Do -- Enhancing Expressive Writing -- Getting to the Point Versus Guiding Readers Toward the Point When Writing to Inform -- Assertion and Negotiation: Helping Students Make a Case When Writing to Persuade -- Get the Picture: Development at the Planning Stage of Writing -- A Matter of Choice/Choice Matters to Writers -- Author's Craft and the Making of Meaning: Using Text Features in Writing -- Selling/Dispelling Gender Stereotypes -- Writing as an Aggressive/Transgressive Act -- Retelling Counts -- Postscript: Beyond the Page & Beyond These Pages Recommended Readings; References |
| Summary |
Like an increasing number of educators, you recognize that girls and boys approach reading and writing differently, and that boys are lagging behind girls in many assessments of literacy learning. This book does more than describe and explain these differences. It builds on the authors' state of the art research to offer instructional strategies and classroom activities to help both girls and boys develop as readers and writers. This book is for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 8 as well as for reading specialists, instructional leaders and other educators. It provides - detailed descriptions of instructional activities, accompanied by reproducible tools and materials - illustrative examples of student work - concise summaries of state-of-the-art research - ideas for action research projectsThe strategies and activities in this book have all been classroom tested with diverse student populations |
| Notes |
"Recommended for grades 3-8"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-178) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Language arts.
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Children -- Books and reading.
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Sex differences in education.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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Children -- Books and reading
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Language arts
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Sex differences in education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roswell, Barbara Sherr, 1959-
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| ISBN |
9781317922667 |
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1317922662 |
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1299869734 |
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9781299869738 |
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9781317922674 |
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1317922670 |
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9781315853765 |
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1315853760 |
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