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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Make Content Area Strategies Work for You 1 Shifting Responsibility from Teacher to Students 3 Transparent Teaching and Transportable Learning 3 Distinguishing Teaching from Learning 4 Classroom Assessment Practices 6 Selecting the Right Assessment 6 Types of Informal Assessments 7 Using the Results of Informal Assessments 11 Types of Formal Assessments 11 Using the Results of Formal Assessments 12 Link the Results of Assessment to Instruction 12 Conclusion 13   Chapter 2 Engaging Questions and Discussions 15 Creating Quality Questions 17 Discussions: Structures for Students to Discuss Questions 23 Using Questions and Discussion for Assessment 27 Reciprocal Teaching in English 32 Questioning the Author in English 33 ReQuest in Social Studies 34 Question–Answer Relationships in Science 35 Reciprocal Teaching in Mathematics 37 Student-Generated Questioning in Electives 39 Conclusion 40   Chapter 3 Deepening Interactions with Texts 41 Reading Aloud 42 Planning for Read Alouds in Secondary Classrooms 44 Shared Reading 44 Planning for Shared Reading in Secondary Classrooms 45 Close Reading 49 Planning for Close Reading in Secondary Classrooms 50 Assessment of Interactions with Texts 50 Close Reading in English 51 Shared Reading in Mathematics 52 Shared Reading and Think Alouds in Social Studies 54 Shared Reading in Science 56 Read Alouds and Shared Reading in Electives 56 Conclusion 58   Chapter 4 Robust Vocabulary Learning 61 The Importance of Vocabulary Knowledge 62 Vocabulary Acquisition 63 Vocabulary Instruction 64 Using Vocabulary for Assessment 65 Vocabulary Instruction in English 65 Vocabulary Instruction in Social Studies 68 Vocabulary Instruction in Mathematics 70 Vocabulary Instruction in Science 72 Vocabulary Instruction in Electives 73 Conclusion 75   Chapter 5 Transformative Graphic Organizers 77 Teaching and Learning with Graphic Organizers 78 When to Use a Graphic Organizer 79 Types of Graphic Organizers 81 Teaching Graphic Organizers 84 Using Graphic Organizers for Assessment 84 Graphic Organizers in English 86 Graphic Organizers in Social Studies 89 Graphic Organizers in Mathematics 92 Graphic Organizers in Science 93 Graphic Organizers in Electives 94 Conclusion 96   Chapter 6 Making and Taking Worthy Notes 97 Why Teach Students How to Take Notes? 98 Setting Up Students for Successful Notetaking 99 Using Notetaking and Note Making for Assessment 100 Notetaking in English 102 Notetaking in Mathematics 105 Note Making in Social Studies 107 Taking Notes with Guest Speakers in Social Studies 109 Note Making in Science 111 Notetaking in Electives 113 Conclusion 117   Chapter 7 Purposeful Writing to Learn 119 Defining and Defending Writing to Learn 120 Applying Three Kinds of Knowledge 121 Developing Writing Skills 122 Using Writing Prompts for Assessment 124 Writing to Learn in English 126 Writing to Learn in Mathematics 128 Writing to Learn in Social Studies 130 Writing to Learn in Science 133 Writing to Learn in Electives 135 Conclusion 136   References 137 Index 143