Cover; Front Matter; Contents; Chapter 1--Learning from Text; Chapter 2--The Challenges of Reading Disciplinary Texts; Chapter 3--How Disciplinary Experts Read; Chapter 4--A Model for Teacher Planning with Text in the Academic Disciplines; Chapter 5--Learning with Text in English Language Arts; Chapter 6--Learning with Text in Science; Chapter 7--Reconceptualizing Literacy and Instruction for Mathematics Classrooms; Chapter 8--Learning with Texts in History; Chapter 9--Learning with Text in the Arts; Index
Summary
From leading authorities in both adolescent literacy and content-area teaching, this book addresses the particular challenges of literacy learning in each of the major academic disciplines. Chapters focus on how to help students successfully engage with texts and ideas in English/literature, science, math, history, and arts classrooms. The book shows that while general strategies for reading informational texts are essential, they are not enough-students also need to learn processing strategies that are quite specific to each subject and its typical tasks or problems. Vignettes from exemplary
