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Unlock your students' potential with *Building Academic Language*, a transformative resource designed for educators navigating the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In this essential second edition, author Jeff Zwiers elucidates the critical intersection of language and content learning, ensuring students can tackle the complexities of diverse disciplines with confidence. This book is not just a guide but a roadmap that emphasizes rigorous academic language development, enabling learners to critically analyze and synthesize complex ideas and abstract concepts. Perfect for middle and high school teachers, *Building Academic Language* provides practical strategies to enhance students' understanding and use of language within an academic context. With its comprehensive approach, this must-have resource aligns seamlessly with the expectations for college and career readiness, making it indispensable for content teachers. The inspiring endorsements from top educators highlight its vital role in fostering language skills necessary for success in today's educational landscape. Empower your teaching and cultivate strong academic language in your classroom today!
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781118744857
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 336
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781118744857
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 336
Description:
?Of the over one hundred new publications on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), this one truly stands out! In the second edition of Building Academic Language, Jeff Zwiers presents a much-needed, comprehensive roadmap to cultivating academic language development across all disciplines, this time placing the rigor and challenges of the CCSS front and center. A must-have resource!?
?Andrea Honigsfeld, EdD, Molloy College
?Language is critical to the development of content learning as students delve more deeply into specific disciplines. When students possess strong academic language, they are better able to critically analyze and synthesize complex ideas and abstract concepts. In this second edition of Building Academic Language, Jeff Zwiers successfully builds the connections between the Common Core State Standards and academic language. This is the ?go to? resource for content teachers as they transition to the expectations for college and career readiness.?
?Katherine S. McKnight, PhD, National Louis University
With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by most of the United States, students need help developing their understanding and use of language within the academic context. This is crucially important throughout middle school and high school, as the subjects discussed and concepts taught require a firm grasp of language in order to understand the greater complexity of the subject matter. Building Academic Language shows teachers what they can do to help their students grasp language principles and develop the language skills they?ll need to reach their high
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781118744857
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 336
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781118744857
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 336
Description:
?Of the over one hundred new publications on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), this one truly stands out! In the second edition of Building Academic Language, Jeff Zwiers presents a much-needed, comprehensive roadmap to cultivating academic language development across all disciplines, this time placing the rigor and challenges of the CCSS front and center. A must-have resource!?
?Andrea Honigsfeld, EdD, Molloy College
?Language is critical to the development of content learning as students delve more deeply into specific disciplines. When students possess strong academic language, they are better able to critically analyze and synthesize complex ideas and abstract concepts. In this second edition of Building Academic Language, Jeff Zwiers successfully builds the connections between the Common Core State Standards and academic language. This is the ?go to? resource for content teachers as they transition to the expectations for college and career readiness.?
?Katherine S. McKnight, PhD, National Louis University
With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by most of the United States, students need help developing their understanding and use of language within the academic context. This is crucially important throughout middle school and high school, as the subjects discussed and concepts taught require a firm grasp of language in order to understand the greater complexity of the subject matter. Building Academic Language shows teachers what they can do to help their students grasp language principles and develop the language skills they?ll need to reach their high