Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners

Arguing that students need literacy skills to learn in any discipline, Gregory, a consultant who specializes in brain-compatible learning and differentiated instruction and assessment and has been a teacher, curriculum coordinator, and staff development director, and Burkman, who has been a principal, librarian, teacher, and university professor, offer middle and high school educators, reading specialists, curriculum developers, and instructional leaders a handbook for differentiating literacy instruction for English language learners at different stages of competency. Focusing on research-based strategies that increase success rapidly, they draw from Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades 7-12 (2005) to describe how to create a climate for literacy learning; understand the brain's learning process and adolescent development, characteristics, and learning styles; use teaching practices for all learning styles, preferences, and intelligences; teach functional literacy skills and content-area, technological, and innovative literacy; and manage instruction, including unit planning, centers, and strategies for learners with literacy problems. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)