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Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, 7/E
Richard T. Vacca, Kent State University
Jo Anne L. Vacca, Kent State University

ISBN-10: 0321088107
ISBN-13: 9780321088109

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2002
Format: Unknown / Other; 554 pp
Published: 07/09/2001
Status: Out of Print

Net price: $71.75 (What's this?)

The market leader for twenty-two years, this text is an ambitious exploration of content literacy, while maintaining its reputation as workable and sensible.

This text is designed to be an active learning tool, complete with real-world examples and practices from which students can work. The Seventh Edition has a reorganized format to reflect the text's exploration of content literacy. This organization reflects an integrative approach to literacy. Content area reading has grown into a reflective exploration of content literacy — the ability to use reading, writing, speaking, and listening processes to learn subject matter across the curriculum. This text's organization reflects this interpretative approach to literacy.

Emphasizes on constructivism and alternative learning environments.

Exploration of how teachers grow professionally offers strategies for self-reflection and inquiry-based professional development (Ch 12).

Incorporates technology-related issues throughout selected chapters.

Includes "Nothing but Net" boxes in strategy chapters, providing resources to assist users in finding Internet materials.

Provides classroom examples from elementary, middle, and secondary schools in areas such as health, music, and art disciplines.

End-of-chapter activities engage students in thinking about what they have read ("Minds On") and applying information and new ideas ("Hands On").

Many activities encourage group interaction and collaborative learning.

New reorganization of chapters simplifies the structure of the book, making it more user-friendly.

Earlier placement of chapter on assessment reflects current emphasis on ongoing and informal measurement (Ch. 3).

Increased discussion of diversity in the classroom now, placed in Chapter 1, “Reading Matters,” guides readers in thinking about this important topic from the start, making diversity the center of discussion. It includes instructional strategies for second-language learners and low-achieving learners.

A new Chapter 11, “Strategies for Struggling Readers,” helps teachers design reading remediation lessons around well-established reality and research-based components.

An updated and revised Chapter 2, “Literature and Electronic Texts”, offers strong coverage of technology through a discussion of the uses of electronic texts and literature.

Updated and revised Websites throughout the chapters keep the text current.

Updated and revised Website dedicated to the text includes new activities, hot links, customized cases, electronic transparencies, and learning aids (www.ablongman.com/vacca7e).

FREE elementary school chapter, grade 6, from the American Nation textbook by Davidson and Stoff, bundled with every new textbook.

Each chapter begins with "Organizing Principle," "Chapter Overview," and "Frame of Mind" and concludes with "Looking Back, Looking Forward," "Minds-On," "Hands-On," and "Suggested Readings."

I. TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH TEXTS.

1. Reading Matters.

Teachers, Students, and Text.

Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum.

Instructional Scaffolding.

2. Learning with Textbooks, Trade Books, and Electronic Texts.

Textbook Use in Today's Classrooms.

Rationale for Trade Books.

Trade Books in the Classroom.

Rationale for Electronic Texts.

Electronic Texts in the Classroom: Connecting Literacy and Learning.

3. Making Authentic Assessments.

High-Stakes and Authentic Approaches to Assessment.

Portfolio Assessment.

Assessing Text Difficulty.

4. Bringing Students and Texts Together.

The Classroom Context.

Visible and Invisible Aspects of Content Literacy Instruction.

II. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES.

5. Vocabulary and Concepts.

Experiences, Concepts, and Words.

Making Connections Among Key Concepts.

Activating What Students Know About Words.

Reinforcing and Extending Vocabulary Knowledge and Concepts.

6. Prereading strategies.

Meaningful Learning, Schema, and Motivation.

Arousing Curiosity.

Making Predictions.

Student-Generated Questions.

7. Talking to Learn.

Encouraging Text-Talk Through Integrated Strategies.

8. Writing to Learn.

Reading and Writing Together.

Exploratory Writing.

Journal Writing.

Essay Writing.

9. Study Strategies.

Textually and Contextually Important Ideas.

Searching for and Using Text Structure.

Graphic Representations.

Writing Summaries.

Making Notes.

Taking Notes.

10. Study Guides.

Three-Level Guides.

Pattern Guides.

Selective Reading Guides.

III. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

11. Struggling Readers.

Scaffolding Instruction for Students Who Struggle with Texts.

Comprehension Strategies.

Vocabulary Strategies.

12. Growth and Reflection in the Teaching Profession.

Purposes, Needs, and Guidelines.

Professional Themes, Trends, and Challenges.

Strategies for Successful Professional Development.

Professional Development Plans.

Appendix A. Internet Addresses for Content Areas.

Appendix B. Graphic Representations with Text Frames.

Appendix C. Affixes with Invariant Meanings.

Appendix D. Commonly Used Prefixes with Varying Meanings.

Bibliography.

Name index.

Subject index.

Content Area Reading (Middle/Secondary) (Reading & Literacy)

Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, 9/E
Vacca & Vacca
©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 512 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205532152 | ISBN-13: 9780205532155
Net price: $93.00 (What's this?)Brief Description

Content Area Reading remains the market-leading text in content literacy and maintains the authors' original objective–to offer an ambitious, coherent, and workable exploration of content literacy.

The Ninth Edition comes at a perfect time when there is an increased focus on adolescent literacy. With the point of view that students learn with texts, not necessarily from them, respected authors Rich and Jo Anne Vacca have written this book to be an active learning tool, complete with real-world examples and research-based practices. Thoroughly updated and revised to incorporate topics that touch on contemporary issues such as content standards, assessment, diversity, struggling readers, the No Child Left Behind Legislation, Reading First, and Reading Next, the book continues to provide a framework that focuses on the ability to use reading, writing, speaking, and listening processes to learn subject matter across the curriculum. Accessible and comprehensible, this text takes students through the entire reading process using simple, jargon-free terminology. The methodology presented develops a foundation that can be applied across disciplines, meeting the needs of all students.

Companion Website, 7/E
Vacca & Vacca
©2002 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205347886 | ISBN-13: 9780205347889

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Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive CD-ROM for Education, 2001 Edition
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Companion Website, 7/E
Vacca & Vacca
©2002 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205347886 | ISBN-13: 9780205347889

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