Active Literacy Across the Curriculum: Strategies for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening: Strategies for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening »

As a consultant to thousands of schools across the nation and the world, Heidi Hayes Jacobs' work focuses on curriculum reform and instructional strategies to encourage critical thinking. She has written three best selling books and is the leading international expert on curriculum mapping. "This book is profound and compelling. Heidi Hayes Jacob's seven cross-curricular strategies address root problems and systemic practices that directly affect student performance. Within this work lies the potential for lasting change." - From the Foreword by Rachel Billmeyer

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Revising Roles: Every Teacher Becomes an Active Language Teacher
2. Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Employing Three Distinctive Types of Vocabulary
3. Creative Notetaking: Activating Extraction and Reaction from Texts
4. Editing and Revising Independently: Using a Consistent Developmental Policy in Every K-12 Classroom
5. Speaking and Listening in Groups: Working with the Discussion Types
6. Tuning the Speaking/Listening Instrument: Giving Voice Lessons in Each Classroom
7. Mapping Active Literacy: Revising and Integrating Curriculum Maps K-12
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