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Covering various disciplines and accompanied by classroom examples, these strategies help secondary teachers improve students' content learning and literacy skills before, during, and after reading.
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This step-by-step instructional model shows secondary teachers how to use research-based strategies before, during, and after reading to boost students' reading comprehension. It describes pre-lesson strategies such as previewing the text, activating prior knowledge, and developing questions, and outlines strategies for remaining focused and engaged during reading assignments, such as reciprocal teaching, jigsaw, and think-alouds. It also shows how to help students process and internalize newly learned information using strategies such as graphic organizers and summaries. The book includes two detailed lessons plans for an English class and a science class. Material on assessment is also included. Perna teaches in graduate education at Wilkes University and serves as an advisor to doctoral students in educational leadership at NOVA Southeastern University. Mahurt directs the Purdue Literacy Collaborative and teaches literacy and language at Purdue. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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