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transforming teaching and content learning for the twenty-first century
1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) : illustrations
Supported Literacy for Adolescents, written by nationally recognized experts, introduces an innovative and field-tested instructional framework for preparing secondary students to succeed academically in a fast-changing and globally networked world. Filled with examples from science, history, literature, and special education classrooms, the book shows how teachers can enable diverse students, including under-performers, to develop critical thinking and other essential competencies along with the "multi-literacy" tools needed to engage in twenty-first century content learning
New vision of adolescent literacy -- Inside the supported literacy framework -- Using the framework to teach content: a science unit -- Teaching writing to understand text: a fiction unit -- Meaning making with special education students -- Responding to adolescent reading difficulties -- Engaging the whole school in supported literacy.
"Co-published with the Education Development Center, Inc."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-208) and index.