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Teaching Through Text : Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

ISBN: 9780205443284 | 0205443281
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009

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SummaryTable of Contents
"Teaching Through Text"focuses on describing, illustrating, and applying both teacher-directed and student-centered strategies for content area literacy in middle and secondary grades. McKenna and Robinson rethink the way content literacy is taught by describing it in the context of multiple literacies. For current and future middle and secondary school teachers.
Rave Reviews for the Fourth Edition of Teaching Through Text: ";The major strengths of this text are its elegant conceptual frame (first the global lesson... MORE
Prefacevii
Section One Teaching and Learning through Text
1(64)
The Importance of Literacy in Content Areas
2(18)
... MORE3(1)
The Meaning of Literacy
4(1)
Four Aspects of Literacy
5(5)
The Implications of Content Literacy
10(3)
Teacher Resistance to Content Literacy
13(1)
Seeing Yourself as a Teacher
14(4)
Summary
18(1)
Getting Involved
19(1)
Literacy Processes
20(18)
Objectives
21(1)
Reading and Writing as Language Processes
21(2)
The Reading Process
23(8)
The Writing Process
31(3)
Making Sense Out of Content
34(1)
Summary
35(1)
Getting Involved
36(2)
Getting to Know Your Students, Your Materials, and Your Teaching
38(27)
Objectives
39(1)
Three Dimensions of Classroom Assessment
40(1)
What Is Reading Ability?
40(5)
Levels of Reading Ability
45(1)
Reading Ability and Readability
46(2)
Judging the Match Between Students and Materials
48(7)
Judging the Context of Instruction
55(3)
Three Struggling Readers
58(2)
Summary
60(4)
Getting Involved
64(1)
Section Two Prereading Strategies
65(80)
Teaching for Diversity
66(18)
Objectives
67(1)
Dimensions of Diversity
68(7)
Meeting the Challenge of Diversity
75(8)
Summary
83(1)
Getting Involved
83(1)
Building Prior Knowledge
84(28)
Objectives
85(2)
Judging Whether Prior Knowledge Is Adequate
87(7)
Ways to Add and Activate Background Knowledge
94(16)
Summary
110(1)
Getting Involved
111(1)
Introducing Technical Vocabulary
112(33)
Objectives
113(2)
The Nature of Words
115(1)
The Myth That Words Teach Themselves
116(2)
Formal Definitions
118(1)
Feature Analysis
119(2)
Graphic Organizers
121(18)
Additional Methods
139(3)
Summary
142(1)
Getting Involved
143(2)
Section Three Strategies for Guided Reading
145(72)
Making Reading Purposeful
146(24)
Objectives
147(1)
Who Should Set Purposes for Reading?
148(1)
Ways of Setting Purposes
149(18)
Varying and Combining Techniques
167(1)
Summary
167(2)
Getting Involved
169(1)
Reading Guides
170(22)
Objectives
171(1)
Advantages of a Written Guide
172(1)
When Should Reading Guides Be Used?
173(1)
Types of Guides
174
Constructing a Reading Guide
165(22)
Using Reading Guides
187(3)
Summary
190(1)
Getting Involved
191(1)
Providing Time to Read: When, Where, and How?
192(25)
Objectives
193(1)
Reading Assignments as Homework
194(1)
Structuring Units to Allow Reading in Class
195(4)
Major Lesson Formats
199(14)
Summary
213(2)
Getting Involved
215(2)
Section Four Postreading Strategies
217(66)
Effective Questioning
218(32)
Objectives
219(1)
The Purposes of Discussion
220(5)
Planning a Discussion
225(1)
Conducting a Discussion
226(10)
Alternatives to Teacher-Led Discussions
236(7)
Discussion and Recitation: A Second Look
243(1)
Discussion and Writing
244(3)
Summary
247(2)
Getting Involved
249(1)
Reinforcing and Extending Content Knowledge
250(33)
Objectives
251(1)
Drilling versus Extending
252(1)
Using Literacy to Reinforce and Extend
253(25)
Reinforcing through Direct Instruction
278(2)
Summary
280(1)
Getting Involved
281(2)
Section Five More Ways to Facilitate Learning through Text
283(49)
Study Skills: Encouraging Independence in Content Literacy
284(22)
Objectives
285(1)
Responsibility for Teaching Study Skills
286(2)
Note Taking
288(3)
Review and Homework
291(3)
Test Taking
294(5)
Strategies for Independent Reading
299(4)
Summary
303(1)
Getting Involved
304(2)
Student Attitudes: Encouraging Content Literacy
306(26)
Objectives
307(1)
Factors That Affect Motivation
308(4)
Assessing Reading Interests
312(3)
Promoting Content Literacy in Your Classroom
315(15)
Summary
330(1)
Getting Involved
331(1)
References332(12)
Name Index344(3)
Subject Index347

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