Literacy for Real: Reading, Thinking, and Learning in the Content Areas

By ReLeah Cossett Lent

Written for the busy practitioner by an experienced professional development consultant, writer, and speaker, Literacy for Real is a hands-on guide to meaningful reading across the content areas of English, math, science, and social studies in grades 6-12. It presents key information that addresses all types of 21st-century literacy--visual, digital, and print--in an easy-to-use format. The book centers on classroom practices and strategies for helping students tackle the reading required for subject-area study. Chapters focus on engagement, vocabulary, comprehension, and critical reading, and each includes sample activities as well as a list of resources. Avoiding the one-size-fits-all model, this guide instead offers foundational practices based on what we know about learning.

Research-based strategies for content-area reading instruction, with a focus on student engagement. Online, multimedia texts for today's 21st century classrooms. Interactive lessons that teachers can adapt to their own needs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807749435
• ISBN13: 9780807749432
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.8"