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Teaching English by design : how to create and carry out instructional units /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smagorinsky, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2008]
Subjects:
English language > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States.
Lesson planning > United States.
Language arts > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Students' ways of knowing
  • Providing scaffolds for student learning
  • Alternatives to teacher-led discussions
  • Planning the whole course
  • Goals for conventional writing assignments
  • Goals for unconventional writing assignments
  • Responding to student writing
  • Why conceptual units?
  • The basics of unit design
  • Your unit rationale
  • Outlining a unit
  • Setting up the construction zone
  • Introductory activities
  • Down and dirty : daily planning.