Literacy in the Disciplines
A Teacher's Guide for Grades 5-12
Thomas DeVere Wolsey and Diane Lapp
The reproducible materials can be downloaded and printed in PDF format.
1. What Is Disciplinary Literacy?
2. What Are the Literacy Demands of Experts in the Disciplines?: Talking with Scientists, Historians, Mathematicians, Authors of Fiction, Musicians, Artists, Athletes, and Technical Experts
II. Literacy Instruction in the Disciplines
3. Saying It Well: Instruction That Supports Academic Language Development in the Disciplines
4. Choosing the Right Words: Instruction That Supports Academic Vocabulary Use in the Disciplines
5. Arguing It Well: Instruction That Supports Communication in the Disciplines
6. Reading It Carefully: Instruction That Supports Reading in the Disciplines
7. Reading It Closely: Instruction That Supports Close Reading in the Disciplines
8. Writing It Down: Instruction That Supports Writing in the Disciplines
III. Routines That Support Learning in the Disciplines
9. Organizing It Well: Using Graphic Organizers in the Disciplines
10. Presenting It Well: Using Multimodal Tools in the Disciplines
11. Conclusion: Looking Forward