Reading and Writing Across Content Areas

Second Edition
Roberta L. Sejnost - Loyola University Chicago, USA
Sharon M. Thiese - Geneva High School, Geneva, IL
Reading and Writing Across Content Areas
August 2006 | 280 pages | Corwin
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"We often hear middle and high school teachers are frustrated because their students can't understand the textbooks or can't write effectively about their particular content. This book will provide both the framework for solving this dilemma and the specific, practical classroom practices that teachers can use each day to help students become more competent readers and writers."
-Douglas Johnson, Assistant Superintendent
Kane County Regional Office of Education, IL

"Every middle school and secondary teacher should have a copy of this book. It not only provides the theoretical basis for each strategy, but it also provides effective instructions for use of the strategies in the classroom."
-Dorothy Giroux, Program Director, Initial Teacher Preparation Program
School of Education, Loyola University Chicago  

Eager for proven methods to strengthen your students' content literacy?

Then this book is a must-have for your classroom! Using a step-by-step approach that makes the strategies easy to understand and implement, the authors provide updated research-based strategies that will help increase your students' reading comprehension, strengthen their writing skills, and build vocabulary across content areas. Expanded coverage of content literacy, additional reading and writing strategies for exploring content, and suggestions for working with struggling readers are included in this revised edition.

This rich resource also offers:

  • Tips for using trade books in the classroom
  • Graphic organizers to help students recognize text structures
  • Assessment tools
  • Technology activities in every chapter
  • Real classroom examples of how the strategies have been implemented
  • More ways to evaluate the "readability" of textbooks
  • Over 40 ready-to-use reproducibles

Whether you are getting ready to begin teaching or are a veteran teacher, this accessible, invaluable handbook will give you the tools you need to help your students become lifelong learners!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

1. Creating the Framework for Reading

  • Literacy and Content Area Literacy: What Are They?
  • The Status of Literacy Today
  • What Can Teachers Do to Foster Literacy?
  • Strategic Readers
  • Guiding the Strategic Reader
  • Matching the Reader and the Text
  • Interpreting the Text
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

2. Setting the Framework for Writing

  • Introduction
  • The Writing Process
  • Creating
  • Terms for Writing
  • Shaping: Organizational Approaches
  • Shaping and Drafting the Content
  • Revising
  • Journals and Learning Logs
  • Writing for Standardized Tests
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

3. Keying in to Vocabulary

  • Principles of Effective Vocabulary Instruction
  • Teacher-Centered Strategies
  • Student-Centered Strategies
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

4. Strategies for Comprehension

  • What Makes a Strategic Reader?
  • The Reading Process
  • Pre-Reading Strategies
  • During-Reading Strategies
  • After-Reading Strategies
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

5. Integrating Reading and Writing in the Classroom

  • The Reading-Writing Connection
  • Characteristics of Effective Reading and Writing Strategies
  • Fostering Critical Understanding
  • Engaging Readers and Writers in the Process of Revision
  • Fostering Prior Knowledge
  • Encouraging Students to Become Personally Involved
  • Asking Students to Invoke Personal Feelings
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

6. Research Writing

  • Nontraditional Research
  • Alternative Research
  • Research Skills
  • Traditional Research
  • The Research Process
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

7. Reading and Writing: Where It Can Lead

  • Formal Assessments in Reading
  • Formal Assessments in Writing
  • Alternative Assessments
  • Test-Taking Strategies
  • Study Strategies for Good Test Performance
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

"We often hear middle and high school teachers are frustrated because their students can't understand the textbooks or can't write effectively about their particular content. This book will provide both the framework for solving this dilemma and the specific, practical classroom practices that teachers can use each day to help students become more competent readers and writers."
-Douglas Johnson, Assistant Superintendent
Kane County Regional Office of Education, IL

"Every middle school and secondary teacher should have a copy of this book. It not only provides the theoretical basis for each strategy, but it also provides effective instructions for use of the strategies in the classroom."
-Dorothy Giroux, Program Director, Initial Teacher Preparation Program
School of Education, Loyola University Chicago  

Eager for proven methods to strengthen your students' content literacy?

Then this book is a must-have for your classroom! Using a step-by-step approach that makes the strategies easy to understand and implement, the authors provide updated research-based strategies that will help increase your students' reading comprehension, strengthen their writing skills, and build vocabulary across content areas. Expanded coverage of content literacy, additional reading and writing strategies for exploring content, and suggestions for working with struggling readers are included in this revised edition.

This rich resource also offers:

  • Tips for using trade books in the classroom
  • Graphic organizers to help students recognize text structures
  • Assessment tools
  • Technology activities in every chapter
  • Real classroom examples of how the strategies have been implemented
  • More ways to evaluate the "readability" of textbooks
  • Over 40 ready-to-use reproducibles

Whether you are getting ready to begin teaching or are a veteran teacher, this accessible, invaluable handbook will give you the tools you need to help your students become lifelong learners!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

1. Creating the Framework for Reading

  • Literacy and Content Area Literacy: What Are They?
  • The Status of Literacy Today
  • What Can Teachers Do to Foster Literacy?
  • Strategic Readers
  • Guiding the Strategic Reader
  • Matching the Reader and the Text
  • Interpreting the Text
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

2. Setting the Framework for Writing

  • Introduction
  • The Writing Process
  • Creating
  • Terms for Writing
  • Shaping: Organizational Approaches
  • Shaping and Drafting the Content
  • Revising
  • Journals and Learning Logs
  • Writing for Standardized Tests
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

3. Keying in to Vocabulary

  • Principles of Effective Vocabulary Instruction
  • Teacher-Centered Strategies
  • Student-Centered Strategies
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

4. Strategies for Comprehension

  • What Makes a Strategic Reader?
  • The Reading Process
  • Pre-Reading Strategies
  • During-Reading Strategies
  • After-Reading Strategies
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

5. Integrating Reading and Writing in the Classroom

  • The Reading-Writing Connection
  • Characteristics of Effective Reading and Writing Strategies
  • Fostering Critical Understanding
  • Engaging Readers and Writers in the Process of Revision
  • Fostering Prior Knowledge
  • Encouraging Students to Become Personally Involved
  • Asking Students to Invoke Personal Feelings
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

6. Research Writing

  • Nontraditional Research
  • Alternative Research
  • Research Skills
  • Traditional Research
  • The Research Process
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

7. Reading and Writing: Where It Can Lead

  • Formal Assessments in Reading
  • Formal Assessments in Writing
  • Alternative Assessments
  • Test-Taking Strategies
  • Study Strategies for Good Test Performance
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

Additional materials

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"We often hear middle and high school teachers are frustrated because their students can't understand the textbooks or can't write effectively about their particular content. This book will provide both the framework for solving this dilemma and the specific, practical classroom practices that teachers can use each day to help students become more competent readers and writers."
-Douglas Johnson, Assistant Superintendent
Kane County Regional Office of Education, IL

"Every middle school and secondary teacher should have a copy of this book. It not only provides the theoretical basis for each strategy, but it also provides effective instructions for use of the strategies in the classroom."
-Dorothy Giroux, Program Director, Initial Teacher Preparation Program
School of Education, Loyola University Chicago  

Eager for proven methods to strengthen your students' content literacy?

Then this book is a must-have for your classroom! Using a step-by-step approach that makes the strategies easy to understand and implement, the authors provide updated research-based strategies that will help increase your students' reading comprehension, strengthen their writing skills, and build vocabulary across content areas. Expanded coverage of content literacy, additional reading and writing strategies for exploring content, and suggestions for working with struggling readers are included in this revised edition.

This rich resource also offers:

  • Tips for using trade books in the classroom
  • Graphic organizers to help students recognize text structures
  • Assessment tools
  • Technology activities in every chapter
  • Real classroom examples of how the strategies have been implemented
  • More ways to evaluate the "readability" of textbooks
  • Over 40 ready-to-use reproducibles

Whether you are getting ready to begin teaching or are a veteran teacher, this accessible, invaluable handbook will give you the tools you need to help your students become lifelong learners!


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • 1. Creating the Framework for Reading
  • Literacy and Content Area Literacy: What Are They?
  • The Status of Literacy Today
  • What Can Teachers Do to Foster Literacy?
  • Strategic Readers
  • Guiding the Strategic Reader
  • Matching the Reader and the Text
  • Interpreting the Text
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips
  • 2. Setting the Framework for Writing
  • Introduction
  • The Writing Process
  • Creating
  • Terms for Writing
  • Shaping: Organizational Approaches
  • Shaping and Drafting the Content
  • Revising
  • Journals and Learning Logs
  • Writing for Standardized Tests
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips
  • 3. Keying in to Vocabulary
  • Principles of Effective Vocabulary Instruction
  • Teacher-Centered Strategies
  • Student-Centered Strategies
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips
  • 4. Strategies for Comprehension
  • What Makes a Strategic Reader?
  • The Reading Process
  • Pre-Reading Strategies
  • During-Reading Strategies
  • After-Reading Strategies
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips
  • 5. Integrating Reading and Writing in the Classroom
  • The Reading-Writing Connection
  • Characteristics of Effective Reading and Writing Strategies
  • Fostering Critical Understanding
  • Engaging Readers and Writers in the Process of Revision
  • Fostering Prior Knowledge
  • Encouraging Students to Become Personally Involved
  • Asking Students to Invoke Personal Feelings
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips
  • 6. Research Writing
  • Nontraditional Research
  • Alternative Research
  • Research Skills
  • Traditional Research
  • The Research Process
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips
  • 7. Reading and Writing: Where It Can Lead
  • Formal Assessments in Reading
  • Formal Assessments in Writing
  • Alternative Assessments
  • Test-Taking Strategies
  • Study Strategies for Good Test Performance
  • Chapter Summary
  • Computer Connections
  • Teacher Tips
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

Covers both Reading AND Writing in the content areas--very student friendly.
Dr Bethany Scullin, Secondary Education Dept, Edinboro Univ Of Pennsylvania
"The ideas and strategies in this book are practical and useful for all discipline areas and teaching styles. The novice teacher as well as the veteran will find excellent handouts, graphic organizers, and new and creative ideas for presenting information. Students of all levels will reap the benefits of these models."
Julie Hepker, Language Arts Teacher, Geneva Middle School, IL
"Reading and Writing Across Content Areas is a wonderful book for content area classroom teachers. Throughout the book, the strategies are explained well and are easy to understand and implement. When you read the cartoons throughout the book, you know that the authors understand children and their teachers."
Marie-Elena Meagher, Middle School Social Studies Teacher, Mannheim Middle School, Melrose Park, IL
"Every middle school and secondary teacher should have a copy of this book. It not only provides the theoretical basis for each strategy but it also effective instructions for use of the strategies in the classroom."
Dorothy Giroux, Program Director, Initial Teacher Preparation Program, School of Education, Loyola University Chicago
"We often hear middle and high school teachers are frustrated because their students can't understand the textbooks or can't write effectively about their particular content. This book will provide both the framework for solving this dilemma and the specific, practical classroom practices that teachers can use each day to help students become more competent readers and writers."
Douglas Johnson, Assistant Superintendent, Kane County Regional Office of Education, IL

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