Contents
Foreword ?ix
Acknowledgments ?xiii
Introduction ?1
Overview ?3
Conclusion ?4
1. ?What Is Disciplinary Literacy? ?5
Why Build Disciplinary Literacy? ?6
Questions for Discussion ?15
2. ?Pedagogy and Processes for Literacy Development ?17
Pedagogy ?18
Doing the Work of the Discipline ?19
Processes for Literacy Development ?23
Understanding Text Complexity ?25
What Does the Reading Sound Like? ?29
Questions for Discussion ?32
Resources for Further Reading ?32
3. ?Doing the Discipline ?35
Routines and Practices ?36
Habits of Mind ?37
Conventions ?40
Known Differences ?41
History and Literature ?42
Mathematics ?42
Why Disciplines Are Not Enough ?45
Discourse Follows Communities ?47
Resources for Further Reading ?47
4. ?Text Roundup ?49
Examining Routines ?49
Unlocking Habits of Mind ?52
Activity Guide: Text Roundup ?54
Evaluation ?56
Questions for Discussion ?57
Resources for Further Reading ?58
5. ?Mentor Texts ?59
Knowing What to Notice ?60
Knowing What to Teach ?62
How to Write From a Mentor Text ?63
Activity Guide ?66
Evaluation ?67
Questions for Discussion ?67
Resources for Further Reading ?67
6. ?The Expert Interview ?69
Purposes for Expert Interviews ?70
Interview Procedures ?71
Interview With a Lab Technician in a Biology Lab ?74
Evaluation ?76
Questions for Discussion ?76
Resources for Further Reading ?77
7. ?The Oak Tree Activity ?79
A ?Fine? Example ?81
Activity Guide ?84
Examples ?84
Evaluation ?89
Questions for Discussion ?89
Resources for Further Reading ?89
8. ?Text Set Construction ?91
Making a Text Set ?93
Activity Guide ?94
Evaluation ?95
Questions for Discussion ?96
Resources for Further Reading ?96
9. ?Text-Dependent Questions ?99
A Directed Reading-Thinking Activity ?100
Activity Guide ?102
Evaluation ?105
Questions for Discussion ?105
Resources for Further Reading ?105
10. ?Learning From Nontraditional and Non-Print-Based Texts ?107
Hierarchies of Representation ?108
Teaching the Reading of Non-Print-Based Texts ?110
Activity Guide ?112
Evaluation ?112
Questions for Discussion ?113
Resources for Further Reading ?113
11. ?Task Analysis and Enhancement ?115
Starting With a Pre-Planned Lesson or Activity ?115
Starting With a Text ?117
Knowing Where Literate Practices Go ?118
Purpose and Process ?118
Activity Guide ?119
Evaluation ?119
Questions for Discussion ?120
Resources for Further Reading ?120
Conclusion ?121
Preparing Students for the Work of Their Lives ?123
Looking Ahead ?124
References ?127
Index ?135
About the Author ?139
