ERIC Number: ED615827
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Sep-29
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ISBN: 978-1-949539-89-9
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Authentic Literacy Instruction: Empowering Secondary Students to Become Lifelong Readers, Writers, and Communicators
Eastman, Billy; Rasmussen, Amy
Solution Tree
Imagine a thriving English classroom. One that's active, experiential, collaborative, and rigorous. "Authentic Literacy Instruction" will help you not just imagine this classroom, but also create it. Through a hands-on approach to student-centered literacy, the authors share how to reinvigorate your love for what you do and refine your practices to tap into the passions, strengths, and lived experiences of every learner. Understand what authentic literacy is and why it is important. Transform your classroom into an authentic literacy community. Develop your own expertise as a teacher reader and teacher writer. Establish classroom routines that make authentic literacy part of daily practice. Teach individual students and help them identify as lifelong readers and writers.
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Literacy, Student Empowerment, Secondary School Students, Lifelong Learning, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Communication Skills, English Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Active Learning, Experiential Learning, Cooperative Learning, Student Centered Learning
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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