{"product_id":"teaching-literacy-9781412927888","title":"Teaching Literacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating piece of writing, presenting ideas that are fresh and exciting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e-Katherine Taddie Kelly, Literacy Coach and Reading Interventionist \u003cbr\u003eWaco Independent School District, TX \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFocuses on enhancing students' metalinguistic awareness and not just their intuitive use of words, fostering the development of higher mental functions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e-Elena Bodrova, Senior Researcher \u003cbr\u003eMcREL \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBring out the fun in fundamentals of literacy! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eFor teachers charged with the great responsibility of helping students achieve basic literacy, delivering instruction in stimulating and engaging ways is not an ideal-it's a necessity. Recognizing this, award-winning author and educator Kieran Egan puts the fun in fundamentals of literacy by helping teachers stir students' imagination and emotions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTeaching Literacy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Egan rejects the notion that familiar ideas and experiences are the bes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating piece of writing, presenting ideas that are fresh and exciting.\" -- Katherine (Taddie) Kelly, Literacy Coach and Reading Interventionist\u003cbr\u003e\"Focuses on enhancing students′ metalinguistic awareness and not just their intuitive use of words, fostering the development of higher mental functions.\" -- Elena Bodrova, Senior Researcher, McREL\u003cbr\u003e\"A fun, revealing guide acknowledging that an atmosphere of fun, familiar ideas and experiences promote effective instruction. Offers a new approach designed to present classroom teachers with intriguing, different activities. Chapters offer challenges for student and teacher alike and encourage lessons which are refreshingly different.\" -- The Midwest Book Review, August 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface    Two Sources of This Approach    Cognitive Tools in Everyday Teaching Practice    Literacy Learners, Young and Old(er)    The Cognitive Tool Kits of Language and Literacy    Planning Frameworks Using Cognitive Tools Acknowledgements About the Author Part I: The Cognitive Toolkit of Oral Language 1. Using the Story Form: Meeting Objectives by Engaging Feelings    Stories and Feelings    Stories in the Classroom    Inventing Comic Characters    Personifying Elements of Language    Creating a Literacy Adventure    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 2. Images We Care About: Too, Two, and To    Images Aid Memory and Understanding    Tying Concepts to Images    From Images to Letter Representation    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 3. Binary Opposites: Goldilocks and Civil War    Using Opposites to Expand Upon Understanding    Mediating Binary Opposites    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 4. Literal and Metaphoric Talk: “Like a Spring-Woken Tree”    Recognizing and Reflecting on Language    Similes    Metaphors    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 5. Jokes: Drawing the Drapes    Joking and “Seeing” Language    Humor in Amelia Bedelia    Reading Puzzles    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 6. Rhyme and Rhythm: Mickey Mouse’s Underwear    Echo Rhymes    Rhyme and Rhythm: Ring, Rang, Rung    Nursery Rhymes    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 7. Living Knowledge: Barbie and The Matrix    Embedding Knowledge in Students’ Lifeworlds    Children′s Lifeworlds Conclusion to Part I Part II: The Cognitive Tool Kit of Literacy 8. Extremes: The Queueing Subbookkeeper    The Strange, Exotic, Different, and Wonderful    Fascinating Reality    Metalinguistic Awareness    Exploring Extremes    Wonder in the Classroom    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 9. Everyday Heroes: Spiderman and the Comma    Heroizing Literacy Tasks    Heroes in the Classroom    Heroic Experiences    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 10. Human Contexts: John Montagu, The Earl of Sandwich    Knowledge in a Meaningful Context    Linking Language With Purpose    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 11. Collections and Hobbies: Alphabets and Beanie Babies    Collecting Letters and Words    Literacy as a Hobby    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words 12. Graphic Organizers: Lists and Flowcharts    From the Ear to the Eye    Visual Tools    Teachers, Try It Out    Final Words Conclusion to Part II Part III: Planning Frameworks 13. Framework 1    Mythic Planning Framework    Example: A Lesson on Homonyms 14. Framework 2    The Romantic Planning Framework    Example: A Lesson on the Comma    The Frameworks and You Conclusion Appendix: Responses to the \"Teachers, Try It Out\" Questions by Gillian C. Judson References Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769437749591,"sku":"9781412927888","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781412927888.jpg?v=1758721085","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-literacy-9781412927888","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}