Teaching English by design
Subtitle: how to create and carry out instructional units
By: Peter Smagorinsky.
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780325009803
Subjects: English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; Lesson planning -- United States; Language arts -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Students' ways of knowing; title: Providing scaffolds for student learning; title: Alternatives to teacher-led discussions; title: Planning the whole course; title: Goals for conventional writing assignments; title: Goals for unconventional writing assignments; title: Responding to student writing; title: Why conceptual units?; title: The basics of unit design; title: Your unit rationale; title: Outlining a unit; title: Setting up the construction zone; title: Introductory activities; title: Down and dirty : daily planning.