Teaching Through Text de Michael D. McKenna

Teaching Through Text: Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

Michael D. McKenna

Richard D. Robinson

Pre-service and in-service middle and secondary school teachers get a core set of instructional techniques in this evidence-based, practical resource designed to help them incorporate reading-related approaches into their classroom. The approaches are easy to follow, practical, effective, feature a strong empirical base and reflect the latest thinking in the field.

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Michael C. McKenna is Thomas G. Jewell Professor of Reading at the University of Virginia. He has authored, coauthored, or edited 21 books and more than 100 articles, chapters, and technical reports on a range of literacy topics. Richard D. Robinson is Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the author of 10 books and numerous articles on many areas of literacy development. His national prominence in the field of literacy has been acknowledged through many awards, such as the William H. Byler Distinguished Professor Award.

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Preface Section 1: Teaching and Learning through Text 1 The Importance of Literacy in Content Areas Objectives The Meaning of Literacy Four Aspects of Literacy The Implications of Content Literacy Disciplinary Literacy Teacher Resistance to Content Literacy Content Literacy and the Common Core Standards Seeing Yourself as a Teacher Summary Getting Involved 2 Literacy Processes Objectives Reading and Writing as Language Processes The Reading Process The Writing Process Making Sense Out of Content Summary Getting Involved 3 Getting to Know Your Students, Your Materials, and Your Teaching Objectives Three Dimensions of Classroom Assessment What Is Reading Ability? Levels of Reading Ability Reading Ability and Readability Judging the Match Between Students and Materials Judging the Context of Instruction Three Struggling Readers Summary Getting Involved 4 Teaching for Diversity Objectives Dimensions of Diversity Meeting the Challenge of Diversity Summary Getting Involved Section 2: Prereading Strategies 5 Building Prior Knowledge Objectives Judging Whether Prior Knowledge Is Adequate Ways to Add and Activate Background Knowledge Summary Getting Involved 6 Introducing Technical Vocabulary Objectives The Nature of Words The Myth That Words Teach Themselves Formal Definitions Feature Analysis Graphic Organizers Additional Methods Summary Getting Involved Section 3: Strategies for Guided Reading 7 Making Reading Purposeful Objectives Who Should Set Purposes for Reading? Ways of Setting Purposes Varying and Combining Techniques Summary Getting Involved 8 Reading Guides Objectives Advantages of a Written Guide When Should Reading Guides Be Used? Types of Guides Constructing a Reading Guide Computerizing Reading Guides and Units Using Reading Guides Summary Getting Involved 9 Providing Time to Read: When, Where, and How? Objectives Reading Assignments as Homework Structuring Units to Allow Reading in Class Major Lesson Formats Summary Getting Involved Section 4: Postreading Strategies 10 Questioning and Discussion Objectives The Purposes of Discussion Planning a Discussion Conducting a Discussion Alternatives to Teacher-Led Discussions Discussion and Recitation: A Second Look Discussion and Writing Summary Getting Involved 11 Reinforcing and Extending Content Knowledge Objectives Drilling versus Extending Using Literacy to Reinforce and Extend Reinforcing through Direct Instruction Summary Getting Involved Section 5: More Ways to Facilitate Learning through Text 12 Study Skills: Encouraging Independence in Content Literacy Objectives Responsibility for Teaching Study Skills Note Taking Review and Homework Test Taking Strategies for Independent Reading Summary Getting Involved 13 Student Attitudes: Encouraging Content Literacy Objectives Factors That Affect Motivation Assessing Reading Interests Promoting Content Literacy in Your Classroom Summary Getting Involved References Name Index Subject Index

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Pre-service and in-service middle and secondary school teachers get a core set of instructional techniques in this evidence-based, practical resource designed to help them incorporate reading-related approaches into their content classroom. The approaches are easy to follow, practical, effective, feature a strong empirical base and reflect the latest thinking in the field.

This new edition is an even more valuable resource for learning about content literacy through its up-to-date technology, emphasis on teaching literacy skills to second language learners, practical approach to applying concepts and techniques in actual classrooms, many expanded discussions, new examples, and much more.

Included are additional writing applications and web resources, new examples making the important concepts refreshingly clear, updated references, a series of 13 podcasts available online introducing the content of each chapter, and much more.

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