Literacy through Language arts : teaching and learning in context /
edited by Sharon Murphy, Curt Dudley-Marling.
- Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, c2003.
- vii, 489 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Chiefly articles originally published in Language arts.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-469) and index.
How children learn or how teachers teach? : a profound confusion / Scaffolding : who's building whose building? / Discourse for learning in the classroom / Authentic questions : what do they look like? where do they lead? / What is sharing time for? / "I know English so many, Mrs. Abbott" : reciprocal discoveries in a linguistically diverse classroom / A reading program to live with : focus on comprehension / Learning about phonics in a whole language classroom / What miscue analysis reveals about word recognition and repeated reading : a view through the "miscue window" / Literature--S.O.S.! / Discussing our questions and questioning our discussions : growing into literature study / Joyful noises : creating poems for voices and ears / Composition : a position statement / Myths of writing / Finding the "right measure" of explanation for young Latina/o writers / The writer's toolbox : five tools for active revision instruction / The courage to write : child meaning making in a contested world / Another story : putting Graves, Calkins, and Atwell into practice and perspective / Informational books : models for student report writing / Developing a spelling conscience / What we learned from Josh : sorting out word sorting / Educating African American learners at risk : finding a better way / Guiding bilingual students "through" the literacy process / Testing the way children learn : principles for valid literacy assessments / Reassessing portfolio assessment : rhetoric and reality / Sharon Murphy and Curt Dudley-Marling -- Judith Wells Lindfors -- Dennis Searle -- Ken Watson and Bob Young -- Beverly A. Busching and Betty Ann Slesinger -- Courtney B. Cazden -- Suzette Abbott and Claudia Grose -- Yetta Goodman and Dorothy J. Watson -- Penny A. Freppon and Karin L. Dahl -- Prisca Martens -- Louise M. Rosenblatt -- Carol Gilles with Jean Dickinson, Cheryl McBride, and Marc VanDover -- Laura Apol and Jodi Harris -- NCTE Commission on Composition -- Frank Smith -- Liliana Barro Zecker, Christine C. Pappas, and Sarah Cohen -- Laura Harper -- Anne Haas Dyson -- David Sudol and Peg Sudol -- Evelyn B. Freeman -- Jan Turbill -- Mary Jo Fresch -- Dorothy S. Strickland -- Stephen B. Kucer -- Beverly Falk -- Mary Louise Gomez, M. Elizabeth Graue, and Marianne N. Bloch. Introduction /