Book+Study

Highly acclaimed author Heidi Hayes Jacobs shows teachers – at every grade level and in every subject area -- how to integrate the teaching of literacy skills into their daily curriculum. Her seven cross-curricular strategies address root problems and systemic practices that directly affect student performance. With an emphasis on school wide collaboration and planning, she shows how curriculum mapping sustains literacy between grade levels and subjects. The book offers teaching strategies to help students at all levels to... -- learn, retain, and use vocabulary -- take better notes in class -- edit and revise their writing -- speak and listen more effectively

Our Book Study...

Chapter 1: **Revising Roles: Every Teacher Becomes an Active Language Teacher** Chapter 2 : **Teaching English As A Foreign Language: Employing 3 Distinctive Types of Vocabulary** Chapter 3: **Creative Notetaking: Activating Extraction and Reaction from Texts** Chapter 4: **Editing and Revising Independently: Using a Consistent Development Policy in Every K-12 Classroom** Chapter 5: **Speaking and Listening in Groups: Working with the Discussion Types Model** Chapter 6: **Tuning the Speaking/Listening Instrument: Giving Voice Lessons in Each Classroom** Chapter 7: **Mapping Active Literacy: Revising and Integrating Curriculum Maps K-12**