Teaching to exceed in the English language arts : a justice, inquiry, and action approach for 6-12 classrooms

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Teaching to exceed in the English language arts : a justice, inquiry, and action approach for 6-12 classrooms

Richard Beach ... [et al.]

Routledge, 2023 [i.e. 2022]

3rd ed

  • : pbk

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Other authors: Ashley S. Boyd, Allen Webb, Amanda Haertling Thein

Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "Timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive, this text directly supports pre-service and in-service teachers in developing curriculum and instruction that both addresses and exceeds the requirements of English language arts standards. It demonstrates how the Common Core State Standards as well as other local and national standards' highest and best intentions for student success can be implemented from a critical, culturally relevant perspective firmly grounded in current literacy learning theory and research. The third edition frames ELA instruction around adopting a justice, inquiry, and action approach that supports' students in their schools and community contexts. Offering new ways to respond to current issues and events, the text provides specific examples of teachers employing the justice, inquiry, and action curriculum framework to promote critical engagement and learning. Chapters cover common problems and challenges, alternative models, and theories of language arts teaching. The framework, ...

Revised edition of: Teaching to exceed the English language arts common core state standards : a critical inquiry approach for 6-12 classrooms

Previous ed.: 2016

Contents of Works

  • Justice, inquiry, action
  • Planning English language arts instruction
  • Contexts, standards, and teacher freedom
  • Teaching literature
  • Teaching nonfiction
  • Teaching writing
  • Writing and enacting narratives, drama, and poetry
  • Implementing digital/media literacy standards
  • Implementing speaking and listening standards
  • Implementing language standards
  • Assessing students' learning
  • Fostering teacher reflection and professional development

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Description

* This book comprehensively tackles head-on the challenges of teaching standards-based education effectively for the English Language Arts, with a close look at the CCSS and other state standards * Third edition is fully updated and includes new strategies, tools, lesson plans and figures * New topics and expanded attention on social justice, current events, critical inquiry, digital texts, multimodal texts, and arts integration -Meets the needs of preservice teachers to be ready to address the requirements of the CCSS and other state standards * Authors are a team of renowned scholars: Richard Beach, Amanda Haertling Thein, Allen Webb

Table of Contents

Section I. Theoretical Frameworks/foundations of English Language Arts Instruction 1. Justice, Inquiry, Action 2. Planning English Language Arts Instruction 3. Contexts, Standards, and Teacher Freedom Section II. Implementing and Exceeding the ELA State Standards 4. Teaching Literature 5. Teaching Nonfiction 6. Teaching Writing 7. Writing and Enacting Narratives, Drama, and Poetry 8. Implementing Digital/Media Literacy Standards 9. Implementing Speaking and Listening Standards 10. Implementing Language Standards Section III: Evaluation, Assessment, and Reflection 12. Assessing Students' Work 13. Fostering Teacher Reflection and Professional Development

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