Ron Berger, Libby Woodfin, Suzanne Nathan Plaut, Cheryl Becker Dobbertin

Transformational Literacy

Making the Common Core Shift with Work That Matters

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Produktbeschreibung

Praise for Transformational Literacy "Put Transformational Literacy at the top of your reading list. This book truly is about transforming, not just tweaking, practice in response to the Common Core State Standards. Perfect for study in professional learning communities, the book takes you inside schools and classrooms that provide ambitious, higher-order instruction for students from all backgrounds." --NELL K. DUKE, Ed.D., professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture, University of Michigan "Hopeful and helpful--Transformational Literacy is filled with work-worthy ideas that instill hope in readers by providing helpful vignettes, descriptive examples, text suggestions, and instructional shifts that will prepare young scholars for the 21st century. No classroom teacher, instructional coach or administrator should be without this book." -- CRIS TOVANI, Secondary English teacher and instructional coach, author, and international literacy consultant "Transformational Literacy is the right book at the right time. It gives teachers and administrators the know-how to leverage the Common Core State Standards across the academic disciplines in a way that promotes deep school-wide literacy improvement. But this really isn't a book about the Common Core; it is a book about how to foster our students' natural curiosity by challenging them with worthy and rigorous tasks, and it is about how to turn our classrooms into places where there is a clear commitment to quality. A must read." -- KELLY GALLAGHER, Secondary English teacher and author of Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 179mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781118962237
• ISBN-10: 1118962230
• Artikelnr.: 40924857

Autorenporträt

Ron Berger, chief academic officer for EL Education, taught public school for more than twenty-five years. Libby Woodfin, a former teacher, is director of publications for EL Education. Suzanne Nathan Plaut, a former high school English teacher, serves as the director of curriculum design for EL Education. Cheryl Becker Dobbertin, program director for EL Education, is a former teacher and building administrator.

Inhaltsangabe

DVD Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About Expeditionary Learning

Introduction: Embracing Challenge

PART 1 UNLOCKING THE POWER OF INFORMATIONAL AND LITERARYTEXTS

1 Choosing Worthy Texts

2 Bringing Text to Life

Part 1 Conclusion

PART 2 READING FOR AND WRITING WITH EVIDENCE

3 Evidence-Based Reading, Thinking, Talking, and Writing

4 From Deep Understanding to High-Quality Written Work

5 Building Strong Writers with Models, Critique, and DescriptiveFeedback

Part 2 Conclusion

PART 3 SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS TO SUCCEED WITH COMPLEXTEXTS

6 Creating the Conditions for Success with Complex Texts

7 Helping Students Read Closely

Part 3 Conclusion

Conclusion: Leveraging the Common Core for SchoolwideImprovement

References

Appendix A Informational Text Resources

Appendix B Photograph Resources

Appendix C Helpful Terms

Appendix D Informational Text Qualitative Rubric andLiterary Text Qualitative Rubric

Appendix E Primary Source Close Reading Guide

Appendix F Deeper Lessons Tool

Appendix G Questions for Discussion