Teaching Dilemmas and Solutions in Content-Area Literacy, Grades 6-12

Because literacy is not just the English teacher’s job

Think literacy is just for English teachers? Not anymore. Nor should it be when you consider  that each discipline has its own unique values and means of expression. These days, it’s up to all teachers to communicate what it means to be literate in their disciplines. Here, finally, is a book ambitious enough to tackle the topic across all major subject areas. 

Smagorinsky and his colleagues provide an insider’s lens on both the states of their fields and their specific literacy requirements, including: 

• Reviews of the latest issues and research 
• Scenario-based activities for reflection and discussion 
• Considerations of the textual forms and conventions required in all major disciplines

• Content-Area Writing: Every Teacher's Guide
• This Is Disciplinary Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Doing . . . Content Area by Content Area (Corwin Literacy)
• The Right to Literacy in Secondary Schools: Creating a Culture of Thinking
• 50 Instructional Routines to Develop Content Literacy (3rd Edition) (Teaching Strategies Series)
• Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?: Content Comprehension, Grades 6-12
• Long Way Down
• Keys to Teaching Grammar to English Language Learners, Second Ed.: A Practical Handbook
• Reading Like a Historian: Teaching Literacy in Middle and High School History Classrooms?Aligned with Common Core State Standards
• Teaching Argument Writing, Grades 6-12: Supporting Claims with Relevant Evidence and Clear Reasoning
• Wham! Teaching with Graphic Novels Across the Curriculum (Language and Literacy Series)