Reading, Writing, and Gender: Instructional Strategies and Classroom Activities that Work for Girls and Boys

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Eye On Education, 2002 - Education - 178 pages

Like an increasing number of educators, you recognize that girls and boys approach reading and writing differently, and that boys are lagging behind girls in many assessments of literacy learning. This book does more than describe and explain these differences. It builds on the authors' state of the art research to offer instructional strategies and classroom activities to help both girls and boys develop as readers and writers. This book is for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 8 as well as for reading specialists, instructional leaders and other educators. It provides
- detailed descriptions of instructional activities, accompanied by reproducible tools and materials
- illustrative examples of student work
- concise summaries of state-of-the-art research
- ideas for action research projects.

The strategies and activities in this book have all been classroom tested with diverse student populations.

 

Contents

The Case of the Disappearing Audience
9
HELPING STUDENTS
13
From Inquiry to Intervention
16
INVENTORYING BY AND WITH STUDENTS
27
A MATTER OF CHOICECHOICE MATTERS TO READERS
35
READING ACROSS PURPOSES
43
VALIDATING THE NEGATIVE
49
Summaries and Story Maps
63
OftTold Tales
69
EXPLORING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
71
UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTIONS OF TEXT FEATURES
77
BEYOND THE PAGE AND BEYOND
79
LINKING READING IN THE CONTENT AREAS
85
GETTING TO THE POINT VERSUS GUIDING READERS
105
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