Doing Disciplinary Literacy: Teaching Reading and Writing Across the Content Areas

This comprehensive guidebook, "Designing Discipline-Specific Literacy Instruction," provides a practical framework for middle and high school educators to support literacy development alongside specific content goals.

By exploring the histories and potentials of discipline-specific literacy instruction, this book offers contexts and strategies for engaging students as active participants in authentic activities and processes of each content area.

The author provides strategies to deepen teachers' awareness of disciplinary text, practices, and habits of mind, as well as activities to support students in developing meta-discursive awareness.

Additionally, the book offers guidance on how to intentionally develop multiple literacies that create equity, choice, and access for all learners.

This resource is perfect for educators entering the field or veterans looking to revitalize their instruction or prepare for new content, courses, or grade levels.

With its focus on practical strategies and real-world examples, this book is sure to become a go-to guide for anyone looking to improve literacy education in middle and high school classrooms.