Title: Matching Books and Readers
Description: Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum. Criteria and guiding questions are presented for matching books and readers based on text features, literacy and language proficiency, and student background knowledge and interests. --from publisher description
Subjects: English language, study and teaching, foreign speakers, English language, study and teaching (elementary), Bilingualism, Language acquisition, Reading (elementary), English language, Study and teaching, Foreign speakers, Study and teaching (Elementary), Reading (Elementary), Linguistics, Language, English as a Second Language, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY