Teaching to Exceed in the English Language Arts: A Justice, Inquiry, and Action Approach for 6-12 Classrooms

This text is a valuable resource for pre-service and in-service teachers, providing them with a comprehensive framework for developing curriculum and instruction that meets and exceeds English language arts standards. It emphasizes a justice, inquiry, and action approach to teaching, promoting critical engagement and learning in diverse and inclusive classrooms. The third edition covers various topics such as implementing standards, teaching literary and informational texts, integrating drama activities, supporting bilingual/ELL students, and using digital tools. It also fosters preservice teacher development.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 246 pages
Publication date: 21 July 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive text is a valuable resource for pre-service and in-service teachers, empowering them to develop curriculum and instruction that meets and exceeds the requirements of English language arts standards. By leveraging the Common Core State Standards and other local and national standards, the text offers a critical, culturally relevant perspective rooted in current literacy learning theory and research.

The third edition of the text centers around adopting a justice, inquiry, and action approach to ELA instruction, which fosters students' critical engagement and learning in their schools and community contexts. It provides practical examples of teachers implementing the justice, inquiry, and action curriculum framework to promote critical thinking and engagement.

Chapters cover common problems and challenges in ELA teaching, alternative models, and theories of language arts teaching. The framework, knowledge, and guidance provided in this book demonstrate how ELA standards can be addressed and surpassed through engaging instruction, creating truly diverse and inclusive classrooms.

The third edition also offers new material on various topics, including:

Adopting a justice, inquiry, and action approach to enhance student engagement and critical thinking

Planning instruction to effectively implement standards in the classroom

Teaching literary and informational texts, with a focus on authors of color

Integrating drama activities into literature

Teaching informational, explanatory, argumentative, and narrative writing

Supporting bilingual/ELL students

Using digital tools and apps to respond to and create digital texts

Addressing how larger contextual factors impact ELA instruction

In conclusion, this text is an essential resource for educators seeking to develop effective and inclusive ELA curriculum and instruction. By embracing a justice, inquiry, and action approach, teachers can foster students' critical thinking, engagement, and learning, while also addressing and exceeding the requirements of English language arts standards.

Weight: 494g
Dimension: 175 x 253 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032008424
Edition number: 3 ed