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This successful guide--now in a revised and expanded second edition--gives teachers effective strategies to support adolescents' development of relevant literacy skills in specific disciplines. Demonstrating why disciplinary literacies matter, the authors discuss ways to teach close reading of complex texts; discipline-specific argumentation, communication, and writing skills; academic vocabulary; and more. The book draws on revealing interviews with content-area experts and professionals in history, science, mathematics, literature, the arts, and physical education. Teacher-friendly tools include 21 reproducible forms that also can be downloaded and printed, Try It On! practice activities, lesson plans, chapter anticipation guides, and links to recommended online teaching videos.

New to This Edition
*Chapter on assessment.
*Chapter on disciplinary literacies beyond school--in civic, professional, and personal life.
*Expanded coverage of math, more attenti

Literacy in the Disciplines Second Edition

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      Publisher: Guilford Publications
      Publication Date: 8/12/2024
      ISBN13: 9781462555307, 978-1462555307
      ISBN10: 1462555306
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      Book Synopsis

      This successful guide--now in a revised and expanded second edition--gives teachers effective strategies to support adolescents' development of relevant literacy skills in specific disciplines. Demonstrating why disciplinary literacies matter, the authors discuss ways to teach close reading of complex texts; discipline-specific argumentation, communication, and writing skills; academic vocabulary; and more. The book draws on revealing interviews with content-area experts and professionals in history, science, mathematics, literature, the arts, and physical education. Teacher-friendly tools include 21 reproducible forms that also can be downloaded and printed, Try It On! practice activities, lesson plans, chapter anticipation guides, and links to recommended online teaching videos.

      New to This Edition
      *Chapter on assessment.
      *Chapter on disciplinary literacies beyond school--in civic, professional, and personal life.
      *Expanded coverage of math, more attenti

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