Gibbons, Pauline

Explains how to teach English as a second language within the regular curriculum, showing how to incorporate reading and writing into content areas and discussing scaffolding language- and content-learning.

Presents an action-oriented approach for teaching English language learners, focusing on the middle school grades, with a high-challenge, high-support curriculum that encourages critical thinking, subject knowledge, and literacy proficiency; includes dozens of activities, plans, reflection questions, and suggestions for further reading.

Explains how to teach English as a second language within the regular curriculum, showing how to incorporate reading and writing into content areas, scaffolding language- and content-learning.