"Amidst Familial Gatherings": Reading Apprenticeship in a Middle School Classroom
Author: Jordan, M., Jensen, R., Greenleaf, C.
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Publication Date: 2001, May
Journal: Voices from the Middle
Journal Volume: 8(4)
Pages: 15-24
Full text available online at: http://www.wested.org/cs/sli/query/q/1351
Abstract (written by WestEd)
This article describes Reading Apprenticeship, an approach to adolescent reading improvement in which teachers apprentice students into the strategies skilled readers use. It demonstrates the program at work in one seventh- and eighth-grade classroom and discusses four key dimensions of classroom life: social (building community); personal(connecting to reading); cognitive (developing a tool kit); and knowledge-building (tapping resources).
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Building Academic Literacy: Lessons from Reading Apprenticeship Classrooms, Grades 6-12
"Whenever we read books about teaching, we ask ourselves, 'But what does that look like in the classroom?' Building Academic Literacy: Lessons from Reading Apprenticeship Classrooms answers the question of what 'Academic Literacy' is, why it matters, and how teachers can develop these key intellectual habits in their students. This book, and its companion anthology, provide me the guidance and resources that I need." — Jim Burke, author, The Reader's Handbook and The English Teacher's Companion
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