111 Reading and Writing in the Middle Years [excerpt]: Chapter 1, "Readers and Writers in the Middle Years" Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–7 Professional Commentary: This professional resource is the first chapter from a book focusing on early adolescent literacy, predominantly students in 5th and 6th grades. Taking a compassionate stance and one which incorporates reading research (James Moffett, Nancy Atwell, et al), the author, David Booth, advocates that literacy teaching is about honoring each student's potential as a developing reader and writer.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Construction Technologies, Education & Training, Engineering & Science Technologies, Finance, Government & Public Administration, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Information Technology, Law & Public Safety, Manufacturing Technologies, Marketing, Transportation Systems, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 112 YA: FAQ (We're Glad You Asked!) Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This site is a terrific resource for a quick, fun read about what adolescent literature is and where to find specific titles that both appeal to and engage adolescent readers. The authors set up their article as an imaginary NCTE question and answer session, and set to task answering in a succinct and reader-friendly way the following questions: 1.... 113 Mixing It Up in Middle School: Themed Booklists to Entice Struggling Adolescent Readers Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This professional resource by Dana Grisham describes a school-university partnership aimed at "accelerating" the literacy development of struggling middle school readers. Teachers who participated in the project explored the uses of literature in the classroom and created themed booklists that would appeal to their sixth- and seventh-grade students, all of whom were reading at least two grade levels below their peers.... 114 Web Watch: Focus on Young Adult Literature Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: This article offers a list of websites devoted to young adult (YA) literature. Included is an annotated list intended to provide a representative sample of the sorts of resources in YA literature that are available on the World Wide Web.... Career Fields: Education & Training, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 115 You Want Me to Do WHAT in Biology Class?! Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: In this article, Donna Parker and Melissa Dillon (both high school science teachers) discuss their experiences with teaching reading in their biology classrooms. Meeting in reading circles during science class, students read fictional texts that corresponded to science content they had learned previously.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Education & Training, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Law & Public Safety, Marketing Projects: Standards First 116 A Case for Using Reading and Writing in a Mathematics Classroom Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics, English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this article, Sarah Kasten describes her experiences with incorporating reading and writing into mathematics curriculum. She explains that students receive a more complete education when different strategies of teaching mathematics are used as a part of instruction.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 117 Make Science Reading Fun and Meaningful in Middle School! Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: In this article, middle school teacher Teresa Null explores teaching reading strategies in her science classroom by teaching units through scientific storylines. In small groups, students read aloud an assigned paragraph in order to share, respond to, and determine the meaning of the text.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 118 Twenty Online Resources on Reading with Comprehension and Engagement Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This professional resource details a collection of twenty online resources to inform teachers about methods for helping students read for understanding, develop as strategic learners, and become engaged in their reading. Compiled by Bridget Dalton, one of the editors of Reading Online, these resources include theoretical and practical material from Reading Online and the website of the International Reading Association.... 119 Culturally Responsive Teaching Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This professional resource documents case studies of culturally responsive practice. It makes explicit the work of teachers who use and respect their students' languages, cultures, and life experiences through the following principles: communication of high expectations, active teaching methods, teacher as facilitator, positive perspectives on families of diverse students, cultural sensitivity, reshaping the curriculum, culturally-mediated instruction,... Career Fields: Education & Training, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 120 Contexts for Engagement and Motivation in Reading Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–12 Professional Commentary: This article summarizes the work published in the Handbook of Reading Research: Volume III (Guthrie & Wigfield, 2000) coauthored by Allan Wigfield and John T. Guthrie and an article on the development of concept-oriented reading instruction for Educational Psychology Review (Guthrie & Cox, in press).... |