Allen, Janet

A flip-book of thirty-three strategies for teaching content reading and writing, each featuring graphic organizers, classroom vignettes showing how it is used, and a list of sources on its origins and research.

A teacher presents strategies for helping students in grades 4-12 retain vocabulary knowledge, discussing such topics as concept knowledge, word and structural analysis, context as a text support, lasting and meaningful word learning, and using reading as the key vocabulary teaching tool.

Offers research-based methods and inspiration designed to help teachers establish comprehensive literacy instruction in secondary-level classrooms.