50 Content Area Strategies for Adolescent Literacy

by William G. Brozo, Nancy Frey, Gay Ivey

From some of the best-known authors in the field comes a book that provides inservice and preservice teachers with practical information about improving students reading, writing, and oral language development. Examples from science, social studies, English, math, visual and performing arts, and core electives ensure that all middle and high school teachers will find useful ideas that they can implement immediately. This book provides readers with examples of fifty evidence-based instructional strategies that can be used across content areas to ensure that reading and writing occur in all classes. Each strategy

Genres: Education

Spiral-bound

Published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[J-Lynn Van Pelt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very accessible book for secondary teachers who need to easily incorporate reading comprehension strategies into their curriculum. Implementing simple strategies, like the ones outlined in this book, is a fantastic way to help struggling adolescent readers have access to content area texts.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book, while maybe best for secondary teachers, can be easily adapted to many grades and content areas. 50 research based strategies are presented in alphabetical order. There are strategies covering fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, writing, and oral language. There is a variety of before, during, and after reading strategies. The strategies have step-by-step instructions for implementation and have examples or models of the strategy in use. My top ten favorite strategies are mnemonics, professor know it all, RAFT writing, SPAWN writing, text impressions, tossed terms, vocabulary cards, vocabulary self-awareness, word sorts, and word walls.