This book helps readers envision their future classrooms, including the role technology will play, as they prepare to be successful teachers. Comprehensively updated, the second edition addresses new demands on teaching in traditional and virtual ELA classrooms, and the new ways technology facilitates effective instructional practices.
* Fully updated and streamlined Companion Website to supplement the new edition
* Expanded attention to methods on teaching disciplinary literacy and nonfiction
* Updated with current research and practices, the new edition contains new tools, strategies and examples of contemporary teaching practices, in the classroom, in virtual classrooms, and online and blended settings
Denise Johnson is Professor and Director of Literacy Leadership at the College of William & Mary, USA.
Elizabeth Dobler is a Literacy professor at The Teachers College at Emporia State University, USA.
Thomas DeVere Wolsey teaches literacy and research courses and supports professional development for teachers worldwide.
Preface
Chapter 1. Language Arts and Creating a Supportive Learning Space
Chapter 2. Planning and Assessment in the Language Arts
Chapter 3. Reading Fundamentals
Chapter 4. Reading to Enhance Meaning
Chapter 5. Listening and Viewing
Chapter 6. Assessing the Receptive Modes
Chapter 7. Writing as A Process
Chapter 8. Writing Tools for Enhancing Meaning
Chapter 9. Speaking and Visually Representing
Chapter 10. Assessing the Expressive Modes