Reading, Writing, and Gender: Instructional Strategies and Classroom Activities that Work for Girls and BoysLike 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 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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How We "do" School: Poems to Encourage Teacher Reflection Karen Morrow Durica No preview available - 2007 |