Real Reading, Real Writing is a story for and by real teachers. In it, two seasoned veterans recount their 23-year collaboration to find ways to get students to improve their learning in their content area subjects. It all began when Donna Topping, an elementary-trained reading specialist who knew a lot about literacy but little about content areas, met Roberta McManus, a secondary-trained science teacher who knew a lot about science but very little about how to get students to read and write about it. Over the years, they have developed a host of practical activities and strategies to infuse the processes of learning into the content to be learned. Their book brings these activities to life-real activities immediately doable in classrooms at any level. Donna and Roberta begin by telling of their mission to find what will work for them, rejecting and tiring of bandwagon movements and quick-fix promises, and finding the power of collaboration. In their subsequent chapters, they discuss practices and strategies for helping students read and become actively involved with books, lectures, and videos. Then they flesh out activities to help students write more effectively in the content areas. Every teaching strategy is one that they have used successfully with real students. And they have tracked improved grades and secured students' feedback about which strategies helped them the most. Their collaboration continues, although their circumstances have changed. Donna is now a university professor who teaches her teachers-to-be the classroom-proven strategies from Roberta's work in the public schools. Roberta, in turn, takes Donna's understanding of theory and research and refines her teaching. In the hands of the authors, literacy and content become seamless. Practical ideas grow naturally from a theoretical base. Down-to-earth, conversational, and sometimes funny, their presentation enlightens while it entertains. Take their ideas, tweak and adapt them to your content area, and enjoy the same journey in teaching real reading and real writing.

Real Reading, Real Writing: Content-Area Strategies

Reference

McManus, Roberta

Topping, Donna

Words, Language & Grammar

Heinemann

Don't get stuck when students struggle in the content areas. Get Stuck in the Middle "Over the past thirty years, we have been developing and implementing teacher-friendly, student-oriented strategies to help all students learn through reading and writing-especially those who struggle. In these pages, we share with you ways to differentiate instruction so that all students learn more content, more effectively, while simultaneously improving the reading and writing abilities they bring to our classes." Donna Hooker Topping and Roberta McManus When students are Stuck in the Middle you need the very best strategies to help them move forward-strategies that pass the test of real teaching, to real adolescents, in real time. Fortunately, the teaching that helps them most is good for everyone in your content-area classroom. Donna Hooker Topping and Roberta McManus help you support struggling middle school students with page after page of immediately useful, ready-for-differentiation teaching. These strategies work by making the process of content-area literacy transparent and repeatable. Without interrupting the flow of instruction, Donna and Roberta's strategies help adolescents: <ul>
<li>not only read texts but understand them too </li> <li>make crucial subject-area vocabulary stick </li> <li>grapple with themes, ideas, and content through writing </li> <li>find ways into content that fit individual learning styles.</li> </ul>
"Content-area teachers have a unique opportunity to help students not only learn the material but also improve their overall literacy," write Donna Hooker Topping and Roberta McManus, "so we offer our best strategies to you." If you want to know how to help struggling readers make sense of the textbook, if you need help differentiating, or if you are overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of learning styles in your classroom, trust Donna and Roberta's decades of experience. Pick up Stuck in the Middle and start getting students unstuck now.

Stuck in the Middle: Helping Adolescents Read and Write in the Content Areas

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Real Reading, Real Writing: Content-Area Strategies

Stuck in the Middle: Helping Adolescents Read and Write in the Content Areas