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Jennifer Blitz – Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2025
As with all learners, English learners (ELs) require more than basic reading and writing skills to successfully engage with rigorous academic content, progress through school, and be fully prepared for postsecondary education and careers. ELs must be able to access grade-level content while simultaneously developing proficiency and autonomy in…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, English Learners, Personal Autonomy, Language Proficiency
Rothstein, Evelyn; Lauber, Gerald – 2000
Based on the understanding that writing should not be confined to the language arts classroom, this book provides over 200 examples of how 12 different strategies can be used in kindergarten through high school classrooms. The writing strategies in the book demonstrate how writing can also be employed as a powerful tool for processing new…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biographies, Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Carrillo, F. M.; Carrillo, Ida S. – 1979
A Navajo/English bilingual program uses the student's knowledge of his first language, offers the opportunity to speak in two languages, and helps the student move from the home experience to the school experience. It gives instruction in content materials to all students either in English or in Navajo and direct language instruction in both…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Sensenbaugh, Roger – 1992
Designed to tap the rich collection of instructional techniques in the ERIC database, this compilation of lesson plans focuses on reading and writing activities for use in the high school science and math classroom. The 43 lesson plans in this book cover writing about science, reading about science, the vocabulary of science, short scientific…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
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Journal of Reading, 1985
Provides suggestions for teaching multisyllable words to remedial readers, incorporating romantic fiction into a reading program, and using content writing activities in a biology class. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Content Area Writing, Pronunciation, Reading Comprehension
Moore, David W.; And Others – 1989
Intended to be a practical guide to prereading activities applicable in the classroom, this book emphasizes students' independence by shifting the focus of instruction to student-centered applications. Chapters of the book cover such topics as: (1) preparing students to read in the content areas; (2) asking and answering questions before reading;…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Moore, David W.; Moore, Sharon Arthur; Cunningham, Patricia M.; Cunningham, James W. – 1998
Intended for use in undergraduate or postbaccalaureate teacher preparation programs, during staff development activities, and in introductory graduate teacher education courses, this book introduces K-12 teachers to the topic of helping students use reading and writing as tools for learning. This third edition retains features of earlier…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Educational Environment
Crawley, Sharon J.; Mountain, Lee – 1995
Written for content area teachers in middle and secondary schools, this book offers specific strategies and examples they can use to integrate key reading, writing, and study skills into their teaching. The book takes a balanced reading approach, providing specific suggestions for direct teaching as well as many opportunities for cooperative or…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Cooperative Learning, Informal Reading Inventories
Herber, Harold L.; Herber, Joan Nelson – 1993
Intended for present and future classroom subject-area teachers from intermediate grades through college, this book presents ways to teach the content of various subjects while simultaneously teaching the relevant reading, writing, and reasoning skills. The book shows not only how reading, writing, and reasoning relate to one another but also how…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Higher Education
Olson, Mary W., Ed.; Homan, Susan P., Ed. – 1993
Intended for preservice and inservice teachers, this book presents a collection of the best strategies and activities selected from "In the Classroom," a regular column of teaching ideas in the journal "The Reading Teacher" (October 1983 to May 1991 issues). Strategies in the book were selected for their proven effectiveness…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Elementary Education
Ruddell, Martha Rapp – 1993
Addressing the many ways that literacy interacts with and supports learning, this book explores various aspects of middle and secondary school literacy instruction in subject area classrooms. The book presents a number of issues, instructional strategies, and classroom ideas for guiding students' literacy and language development in particular…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Cooperative Learning, Intermediate Grades
Ruddell, Martha Rapp – 1997
Detailing the many ways that reading and writing interact with and support learning, this book is about the role of literacy in subject area learning. Three features of the book are designed to guide teachers' reflective thought and assist them in transferring ideas from the book to their teaching repertoire and classroom: "double entry…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Cooperative Learning, Intermediate Grades
Durdella, Nathan Richard – 2001
Literacy strategies useful in the adult education classroom were presented at a faculty professional development workshop. Literacy was described as a two-part process that included receptive (involving listening and reading) and expressive (involving speaking and writing). Content area was described as the focus of adult education literacy with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Content Area Reading