Academic language/literacy strategies for adolescents : a "how to" manual for educators / / Debra L. Cook Hirai. [et al.] ; with Deborrah Wakelee, Vicki Murray, grammar specialists

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 428.0071/2
• Soggetto topico: Language arts (Secondary); Content area reading - Study and teaching (Secondary)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HiraiDebra L. Cook (Debra Lee Cook) MurrayVicki WakeleeDeborrah
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-277) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Academic Language/Literacy Strategies for Adolescents; Contents; Foreword by Sheryl L. Santos; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1.Background; A Short History of the Term Academic Language; Instruction from an Academic Language Perspective; Why Should We Teach Academic Language?; How This Book Can Help; Chapter 2.Motivation; The Importance of Motivation; Research on Student Motivation; Students' Perception of What Motivates Them; Setting a Purpose for Learning: The Anticipatory Set; Active Learning and Hands-On Activities; Modeling and Guided Practice ; Summary: What Motivates Students?Chapter 3.Attributes of Academic Language; Receptive and Expressive Language; Application of Receptive and Expressive Strategies; Professional Input and Feedback for Academic Language Literacy Instruction; Summary; Chapter 4. Vocabulary: Theory and Practice; Developing Vocabulary; Learning and Acquisition: The Importance of Multiple Exposures; Cognates, Root Words, and Affixes; Contextualizing Vocabulary; Personalizing and Operationalizing Vocabulary; Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary; Specific Activities/Techniques; A Sample Lesson; Summary ; Chapter 5.Reading Skills DevelopmentImportance of Reading in the Content Areas; Research on Reading and Reading Comprehension; Literacy and Reading; Content Literacy; Expository vs. Narrative Text; The Phases of Reading: Reading Into, Through, and Beyond; Strategies for Getting Students "Into" Reading; "Into" Activities; Strategies for Getting Students "Through" Reading; "Through" Activities; Strategies for Getting Students "Beyond" Reading; Integrated Activities; Sample Lesson: Geometry Proofs; Summary; Chapter 6.Grammar and Writing; The Importance of Grammar to Language Acquisition ; How Should Grammar Be Taught?How Are Writing Skills and Grammar Related?; Brick and Mortar Words; Why Should Content-Area Teachers Teach Grammar?; Writing and Academic Language Literacy; The Relationship between Verbal and Written Language; Student Writing Skills; Building the Academic Register for Writing; Assessing Writing in Order to Develop Writing Skills; Writing: "Into, Through, and Beyond"; Activities that Develop Writing Skills; Sample Lesson: Three Search Papers on the Holocaust; Summary; Chapter 7.Summing Up; Glossary ; Appendix 1:Expressive and Receptive Language Strategies and Model Lesson Plan FormatAppendix 2:Sample Lesson Plans Including Expressive and Receptive Language Prompts; Sample Lesson Plan 2.1: Sentence Analysis and Rephrasing (Earth Science); Sample Lesson Plan 2.2: Using the Text (Algebra); Sample Lesson Plan 2.3: Classifying the Elements (Chemistry); Sample Lesson Plan 2.4: Using a Science Notebook (General Science); Sample Lesson Plan 2.5: Stem-and-Leaf Plots (Graphing); Appendix 3:Sample Lesson Plans without Expressive and Receptive Language Prompts ; Sample Lesson Plan 3.1: Unit Analysis (Math and Science)
• Sommario/riassunto: Fast-paced, practical, and innovative, this text for pre-service and in-service teachers features clear, easily accessible lessons and professional development activities to improve the delivery of academic language/literacy education across the content areas in junior/middle school and high school classrooms. Numerous hands-on tools and techniques demonstrate the effectiveness of content-area instruction for students in a wide variety of school settings, particularly English language learners, struggling readers, and other special populations of students. Based on a strong pr
• Titolo autorizzato: Academic language
• ISBN: 1-135-16410-X; 1-282-37670-5; 9786612376702; 0-203-85957-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454931803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II