{"product_id":"building-academic-literacy-isbn-9780787965563","title":"Building Academic Literacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding Academic Literacy: Lessons from Reading Apprenticeship Classrooms,\u003c\/i\u003e Grades 6-12, features pieces by five middle and high school teachers working with the Reading Apprenticeship instructional framework introduced in \u003ci\u003eReading for Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e, (Schoenbach, et al, Jossey-Bass, 1999). Filled with instructional tips, lesson plans, and curriculum resources, this book offers guidance on conducting Academic Literacy courses as well as readings from a companion student book— \u003ci\u003eBuilding Academic Literacy: An Anthology for Reading Apprenticeship\u003c\/i\u003e. It can serve as an excellent resource for any content area teacher, grades 6-12, looking for classroom-based ideas to motivate adolescents in becoming more active, engaged and strategic readers.\u003c\/p\u003e Preface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Supporting Adolescent Readers: An Introduction to the Academic Literacy Course and the Reading Apprenticeship Framework (Ruth Schoenbach).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \"A Really Good Conversation\": Engaging Students in Working with Texts (Daniel Moulthrop).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Awakening the Reader Within (Lisa Messina, Elizabeth Baker).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Voice Inside Your Head Asks, \"Are You Comprehending?\" (Carolyn Orta).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Creating a Reading Apprenticeship Classroom (Amy Smith).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Designing an Effective Academic Literacy Course (Ruth Schoenbach).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Academic Literacy Four-Unit Curriculum Matrix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Academic Literacy Course Time Line: Embedding Routines Across the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Academic Literacy in English: Course Description.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Academic Literacy, Unit Three: Reading History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Student Reading Survey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix F: Academic Literacy Student Competencies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix G: Degrees of Reading Power Test of Reading Comprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix H: Degrees of Reading Power Readability Index for Anthology Selections.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Sponsor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudrey Fielding\u003c\/b\u003e is a consultant with the Strategic Literacy Initiative at WestEd and the Bay Area Writing Program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Schoenbach\u003c\/b\u003e is codirector of the Strategic Literacy Initiative at WestEd.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarean Jordan\u003c\/b\u003e is director of Professional Development of the Strategic Literacy Initiative at WestEd.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoost the Engagement and Achievement of Adolescent Readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding Academic Literacy: Lessons from Reading Apprenticeship Classrooms, Grades 6—12,\u003c\/i\u003e features pieces by five middle and high school teachers working with the Reading Apprenticeship instructional framework introduced in Reading for Understanding (Schoenbach et al., Jossey-Bass, 1999). Filled with instructional tips, lesson plans, and curriculum resources, this book offers guidance on conducting Academic Literacy courses using readings from the companion student book–\u003ci\u003eBuilding Academic Literacy: An Anthology for Reading Apprenticeship\u003c\/i\u003e (Fielding and Schoenbach, Jossey-Bass, 2003). It can serve as an excellent resource for any content area teacher, grades 6—12, looking for classroom-based ideas to motivate adolescents in becoming more active, engaged and strategic readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Whenever we read books about teaching, we ask ourselves, 'But what does that look like in the classroom?' \u003ci\u003eBuilding Academic Literacy: Lessons from Reading Apprenticeship Classrooms\u003c\/i\u003e answers the question of what 'Academic Literacy' is, why it matters, and how teachers can develop these key intellectual habits in their students. This book, and its companion anthology, provide me the guidance and resources that I need.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJim Burke, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Reader's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe English Teacher's Companion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Following close upon the heels of the widely acclaimed book Reading for Understanding, this new two-volume companion set, \u003ci\u003eBuilding Academic Literacy: An Anthology for Reading Apprenticeship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBuilding Academic Literacy: Lessons from Reading Apprenticeship Classrooms,\u003c\/i\u003e is certain to propel Academic Literacy as a course of study into increasingly more middle and high school classrooms.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDonna Alvermann, professor of education, University of Georgia and past president, International Reading Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988864319717,"sku":"NP9780787965563","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787965563.jpg?v=1761781828","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/building-academic-literacy-isbn-9780787965563","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}