{"product_id":"improving-adolescent-literacy-content-area-strategies-at-work-paperback","title":"Improving Adolescent Literacy: Content Area Strategies at Work - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Frey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStraightforward, affordable, and practical, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eImproving Adolescent Literacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e gives all middle and secondary school teachers instructional routines that will allow them to develop the content literacy skills of their students. Chapter-opening vignettes from actual classrooms show readers effective teaching in action and give them a look at how the chapter's instructional approach works within content area teaching. Research-based rationales for each strategy follow the vignettes and provide an in-depth look at how to implement the strategy, along with examples of each strategy across the curriculum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this \u003cb\u003e5th Edition\u003c\/b\u003e, the authors provide new classroom examples from their colleagues across the disciplines as well as new instructional routines that have been researched and validated since the publication of the last edition. Also, this edition has been re-organized, adding three new chapters, to focus on the ways in which teachers can use reading, writing, speaking, and listening in their classes, emphasizing reading and comprehending texts, creating graphic organizers, developing vocabulary knowledge, and writing to learn.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout our authors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDouglas Fisher, Ph.D., \u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College having been an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association Celebrate Literacy Award, the Farmer award for excellence in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English, as well as a Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction and curriculum design as well as books, such as \u003ccite\u003eBetter Learning Through Structured Teaching, Rigorous Reading \u003c\/cite\u003eand \u003ccite\u003eText Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading.\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNancy Frey, Ph.D., \u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Literacy in the Department of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University. She is the recipient of the 2008 Early Career Achievement Award from the National Reading Conference. Nancy has published in \u003ccite\u003eThe Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, English Journal, Voices in the Middle, Middle School Journal, Remedial and Special Education, TESOL Journal, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Early Childhood Education Journal\u003c\/cite\u003e and \u003ccite\u003eEducational Leadership\u003c\/cite\u003e. She has co-authored (with Doug Fisher) books on formative assessment (\u003ccite\u003eChecking for Understanding \u003c\/cite\u003eand\u003ccite\u003e Formative Assessment Action Plan\u003c\/cite\u003e), instructional design (\u003ccite\u003eBetter Learning for Structured Teaching\u003c\/cite\u003e), data-driven instruction (\u003ccite\u003eUsing Data to Focus Instructional Improvement\u003c\/cite\u003e) and brain-based learning (\u003ccite\u003eIn a Reading State of Mind\u003c\/cite\u003e.) Nancy is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist and administrator in California, and has taught at the elementary, middle and high school levels for 2 decades. She is a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College, where she learns from her colleagues and students every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9.9 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44296823341158,"sku":"9780135180877","price":181.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Bk3SfjPGlB9780135180877.webp?v=1767138922","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/improving-adolescent-literacy-content-area-strategies-at-work-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}