Developing Content Area Literacy

40 Strategies for Middle and Secondary Classrooms

Patricia A. Antonacci, Catherine M. O'Callaghan, Esther Berkowitz, Catherine M. O’Callaghan

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781483347646
• eBook ISBN: 9781483347653
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Secondary Education

Forty evidenced-based strategies for integrating literacy instruction into the content areas  

Providing unique content on assessment, differentiated instruction, technology, and reflective practice, Developing Content Area Literacy, Second Edition is designed to help busy middle school and secondary teachers meet the challenge of addressing the literacy learning needs of all students, including English language learners. Each of the 40 evidence-based strategies is organized around eight essential areas of literacy instruction: academic vocabulary, reading fluency, narrative text, informational text, media and digital literacies, informational writing, critical thinking, and independent learning. Each topic has five strategies from which to choose, giving teachers ample variety to meet the diverse needs of the classroom.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Publisher Note
• Introduction: 21st-Century Literacy
• Section I Academic Vocabulary: Developing Vocabulary for Learning in Content Areas
• Strategy 1 Semantic Mapping: Developing Robust Academic Vocabularies
• Strategy 2 Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy: Promoting Word Consciousness
• Strategy 3 Contextual Redefinition: Using Clues as a Word-Learning Strategy
• Strategy 4 Semantic Feature Analysis: Comparing and Contrasting Features of Words
• Strategy 5 Blogging Academic Vocabulary: Integrating Subject-Matter Discourse Into Media
• Section II Reading Fluency: Developing Deep-Reading Fluency
• Strategy 6 Readers Theatre: Increasing Fluency Through Student Engagement With Text
• Strategy 7 Paired Reading: A Collaborative Approach for Developing Deep-Reading Fluency
• Strategy 8 Audiobooks: Modeling and Scaffolding Reading Fluency
• Strategy 9 Radio Reading: An Authentic Approach for Developing Reading Fluency
• Strategy 10 Morphemic Analysis: A Useful Resource for Becoming a Fluent Reader
• Section III Developing Close Reading of Text: Essential Strategies for Teaching Close Reading
• Strategy 11 Annotation: Strategic Analysis of Text
• Strategy 12 Interactive Think-Alouds: Collaborative Interpretation of Text
• Strategy 13 Inference Strategy Guide: Facilitating Reading Between the Lines
• Strategy 14 The Inquirer Strategy: Learning to Ask Questions
• Strategy 15 Active Interpretation of Film: Making Inferences Through Visual Media
• Section IV Reading Informational Text: Developing Comprehension for Informational Text
• Strategy 16 Questioning the Author: Constructing Meaning From the Text
• Strategy 17 Text Structure Strategy: Using Graphic Organizers to Learn From Informational Text
• Strategy 18 Connect to It: Making Personal, Text, and World Connections to Text
• Strategy 19 Inquiry Charts: Organizing Information for Learning From Texts
• Strategy 20 Digital Pattern Folders: Comprehending Multimodal Texts
• Section V Media and Digital Literacies: Developing Comprehension for Media and Digital Literacies
• Strategy 21 Think and Check: Contextualizing and Corroborating Online Information
• Strategy 22 Digital Storytelling: Creating Digital Text
• Strategy 23 Wikibooks: Collaborative Research Projects
• Strategy 24 Podcasting: Merging Media for Understanding
• Strategy 25 Book Trailers: Insights and Discoveries About Texts
• Section VI Critical Thinking: Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
• Strategy 26 SCAMPER: Collaborative Analysis of Text
• Strategy 27 Six Thinking Hats: Facilitating Different Modes of Thinking
• Strategy 28 Academic Controversy: Taking Sides on the Issue
• Strategy 29 Three-Level Reading Guide: Developing Literal, Interpretive, and Applied Reading of Text
• Strategy 30 Request Reciprocal Teaching: Collaborative Critical Thinking
• Section VII Writing Informational Text: Developing Writing in the Content Areas
• Strategy 31 Concept Star: Visualization for a Prewriting Strategy
• Strategy 32 Concept Mind Map: Facilitating Collaborative Writing
• Strategy 33 Research for Choice: Facilitating Student Voice in Academic Writing
• Strategy 34 Shared Pen: Interactive and Collaborative Writing
• Strategy 35 Targeted Text: Guided Writing of Informational Text
• Section VIII Independent Learning Strategies: Promoting Strategies for Independence in Learning
• Strategy 36 Talking Around the Text: Using Dialogic Reading and Writing to Promote Independent Learners
• Strategy 37 Textbook Activity Guide: Developing Independence in Learning From the Textbook
• Strategy 38 Academic Note Taking: Supporting Students’ Independence in Learning
• Strategy 39 Entrance and Exit Slips: Helping Students to Reflect on Their Learning
• Strategy 40 Journaling: Helping Students to Respond, Reflect, and Learn Through Informal Writing
• Index
• About the Authors