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Hale, Elizabeth – Teachers College Press, 2022
"High Attention Reading" offers a new way to get students of all reading levels to independently read informational texts with more effort, attention, and stamina. Hale argues that increasing the number of informational texts children read is important but not enough to achieve this goal. In order to prepare students for the reading…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Independent Reading, Nonfiction, Teaching Methods
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Araujo, Juan J., Ed.; Babino, Alexandra, Ed.; Dixon, Kathryn, Ed.; Cossa, Nedra, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2022
The theme of this year was educate to liberate. A reminder to the literacy community that education, and literacy extend beyond the content and courses we teach. As Freire puts it, "Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Learner Engagement, Empathy, Reading Aloud to Others
Spillane, Lee Ann – Stenhouse Publishers, 2012
By now we've all seen examples of Wordle, the technology app that converts chunks of text into a word cloud featuring words of different sizes according to their prevalence in the text. But you haven't seen the real power of Wordle until you've seen Lee Ann Spillane's high school students use it to analyze patterns and symbolism in The Great…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Motivation
Bakis, Maureen – Corwin, 2011
Could you use a superhero to teach reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem solving? While seeking the answer, secondary language arts teacher Maureen Bakis discovered a powerful pedagogy that teaches those skills and more. The amazingly successful results prompted her to write this practical guide that shows middle and high school…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Language Arts, Secondary School Teachers, Literacy
Barone, Diane M. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Many reading programs today overlook an essential component of literacy instruction--helping children develop an enduring love of reading. This authoritative and accessible guide provides a wealth of ideas for incorporating high-quality children's books of all kinds into K-6 classrooms. Numerous practical strategies are presented for engaging…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Independent Reading, Reading Programs
Lapp, Diane, Ed.; Moss, Barbara, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Offering fresh alternatives to common instructional practices that fail to get results, this accessible, highly practical guide highlights ways to motivate middle school students while enhancing content-area learning. Each chapter features an enlightening case study of a teacher whose current strategies are not supported by research; describes…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Writing Across the Curriculum, Visual Arts, Written Language