Eff Teachg Lang Arts&litrcy Strat&ch Lit CD [Hardcover]

Donna E. Norton (Author), Terry Norton (Author), Betty Lou Land (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131097822 | ISBN-13: 978-0131097827 | Publication Date: September 2003 | Edition: Package ed

This book by an award-winning author presents readers with a wealth of information regarding the four primary language arts skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The focus is on effective teaching of these skills at the elementary school level, and it contains an enormous amount of children's literature of all genres. Research on learning environments, motivation, instructional procedures, and teacher effectiveness is tied to examples of lesson plans, themes, and formal and informal assessment strategies. Real-life examples of children's oral and written responses to literature are included. The book also contains the newest multicultural children's literature. This book is a must-have reference for all primary education centers and schools, as it contains thoroughly updated booklists with helpful annotations. Can also be useful for teachers of ESL courses in secondary schools and continuing education centers. Parents interested in home schooling will find this book a useful resource.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Field-tested and backed by sound research, this popular methods text provides students with a broad background in language arts, including assessment and instruction in the major areas of speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Thoroughly encompassing the basics and the trend toward literature-based instruction, it offers clearly developed methodologies and lessons, and makes extensive use of children's actual language samples to illustrate ways literature can enhance the development of cognitive skills, oral language, and skills in listening, grammar, usage, composition, reading, and writing. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover

Field-tested and backed by sound research, this popular methods book provides readers with a broad background in language arts, including assessment and instruction in the major areas of speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Thoroughly encompassing the 'back-to-basics' movement and the trend toward literature-based instruction, it offers clearly developed methodologies and lessons, and makes extensive use of children's actual language samples to illustrate ways literature can enhance the development of language arts skills. Written by an award-winning author, the book focuses on material that embraces the needs of all learners: linguistically-different children, multicultural children, and children with learning disabilities and handicaps. Emphasizing the importance of literature-based strategies and the identification of literature that can be applied to each of the language arts, it offers 'For Your Plan Book', a special section at the end of most chapters which provides concrete ideas, field-tested lessons and unit plans teachers can take right into their classroom. Literature chapters are now moved to the forefront of the book, enabling instructors to place a greater emphasis on literature-related language arts. Strong methodologies in the composition chapters now encompass the writing process, plus results of a five-year composition study of the relationships between writing and literature. Public school educators, parents in home schooling, and library personnel. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman; Package ed edition (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131097822
• ISBN-13: 978-0131097827
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,784,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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