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This Is Disciplinary Literacy

Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Doing . . . Content Area by Content Area
By: ReLeah Cossett Lent

Foreword by Carol Ann Tomlinson

This Is Disciplinary Literacy helps content area teachers put into action the key literacies of their specialties—taking students from superficial understanding to deep content expertise.

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781506306698
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Series: Corwin Literacy
  • Year: 2015
  • Page Count: 232
  • Publication date: September 21, 2015
Price: $34.95
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Description

Description

Disciplinary Literacy is about to go from theory to game plan—taking students from superficial understanding to deep content expertise. And guess what? ReLeah Lent’s big secret lies in highlighting each content area’s differences—advancing a discipline-specific model in which literacy is used as a tool for strategic thinking, reading, writing, and doing within each field.

That’s right—no more reading strategies used uniformly across the curriculum. Instead, This Is Disciplinary Literacy helps content-area teachers put into action the key literacies of their specialties. Teaching science? Students must evaluate evidence and question as they read. History? Comparing and contrasting sources and interpreting the import of events are key. Writing in Math? Accuracy is favored over elaboration and craft. Reading fiction in ELA? Synthesizing and attuning to voice and figurative language reign supreme. Students fully own knowledge because your instruction zeroes in on the academic habits that matter most.

Content area by content area, ReLeah shows how to immediately incorporate these literacies into lessons, units, and project-based learning. Inside you’ll find:

  • “Spotlights” on all major disciplines that highlight how implementation looks in real classrooms
  • Extend and Adapt sections with ideas for augmenting activities for students who need different challenges or support, tips for companion activities, and digital sources for short texts and video
  • Q&A sections bringing both reassurance and get-it-done advice
  • New ways to re-boot essential research-based practices that work in any field—reading, writing, inquiry, and collaboration
  • Free companion website featuring a complete PD workshop with PowerPoint slides for ready-to-go professional learning

And best of all, students not only engage in the genuine intellectual challenges of the disciplines—they are eager to do so! This Is Disciplinary Literacy gives students entrance to the global communities of practice, and provides schools, districts, and teachers with a proven approach that makes college-and-career-readiness a reality.

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Key features

  • Common questions and answers (FAQs) regarding each chapter topic
  • Mixed into every chapter are “Spotlight on______” , a feature that takes readers inside science, math, social studies, history and ELA classes to see the practices in action.
  • Sample activities related to the topic of each chapter. Each activity includes the following sections.
    • How it Works (including examples)
    • Why it Works (research and reasoning behind activity)
    • Extend and Adapt (other ways to use the resource or activity

Author(s)

Author(s)

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ReLeah Cossett Lent

ReLeah Cossett Lent is an international consultant known for speaking, writing, and providing workshops on various topics ranging from literacy to leadership teams. She was previously a middle and high school English, Social Studies, and Journalism teacher before becoming a founding member of a state-wide literacy project at the University of Central Florida. There, she contributed to developing Florida's Reading Endorsement courses and coordinated literacy leadership teams statewide. Her most impactful work stems from multi-day residencies in schools, districts, and consortiums, where she has created numerous professional learning initiatives with positive results in student achievement and teacher leadership. An advocate for student ownership and active learning, ReLeah emphasizes powerful collective efficacy as teacher teams engage in problem solving. She has been recognized with several awards, including intellectual freedom awards from the National Council of Teachers of English and The American Library Association, the PEN First Amendment Award, and the Florida Council of Teachers of English (FCTE) President's Award for her "significant contributions to the teachings of English in State of Florida."

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments


Foreword by Carol Ann Tomlinson


Chapter 1. Literacy Within the Disciplines

The Problem With Reading Strategies

Unpacking Disciplinary Literacy

Deeper Learning and Disciplinary Literacy

Disciplinary Literacy and Standards

The Role of the Teacher

Disciplinary Reading, Writing, Inquiry, and Collaboration

Suggestions for Further Reading

Chapter 2. Reading Within the Disciplines

The Benefits of Reading Within the Disciplines

Shifts for Reading Within the Disciplines

Reading Within Science

Reading Within Math

Reading Within History and Social Studies

Reading Within ELA

Questions (and Answers) About Reading Within the Disciplines

How to Get Students Reading in Every Discipline Every Day

Suggestions for Further Reading

Chapter 3. Writing Within the Disciplines

Benefits of Writing Within the Disciplines

Shifts for Teaching Writing Within the Disciplines

Writing Within Science

Writing Within History and Social Studies

Writing Within Math

Writing Within ELA

Questions (and Answers) About Writing Within the Disciplines

How to Get Students Writing Within the Disciplines

Suggestions for Further Reading

Chapter 4. Inquiry Within the Disciplines

Inquiry and Disciplinary Literacy

Shifts for Implementing Inquiry Within the Disciplines

Inquiry Within Science

Inquiry Within History and Social Studies

Inquiry Within Math

Inquiry Within ELA

Questions (and Answers) About Inquiry Within the Disciplines

How to Get Students Inquiring Within the Disciplines

Suggestions for Further Reading

Chapter 5. Collaborative Learning

The Power of Collaboration

Collaborative Learning by Any Other Name

Vocabulary: The Tool of Disciplinary Talk

Shifts for Implementing Collaborative Learning Within the Disciplines

Collaboration Within Science

Collaboration Within Math

Collaboration Within History and Social Studies

Collaboration Within ELA

Questions (and Answers) About Collaboration Within the Disciplines

Activities for Collaborative Learning Within the Disciplines

Suggestions for Further Reading

Chapter 6. This Is Disciplinary Literacy

Enter: Food Lit

Literacy Alive

Campfire: Literacy and Food

A Student Perspective

Collaboration and Community

Class Meals: A Metaphor for Community

Service-Learning at Home

Cross-Culture Connections

An Administrative Perspective

Students as Learners, Students as Presenters

The Power of Disciplinary Literacy

References


Index


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