Humphrey, Sally, 1958-

Academic literacies in the middle years : a framework for enhancing teacher knowledge and student achievement / Framework for enhancing teacher knowledge and student achievement Sally Humphrey. - x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The Context of Middle Years Literacy Research -- Design and Foundations of a Metalanguage Framework -- Designing Literacy interventions -- Exploring Narratives as Prose and Drama Script -- Writing Responses to Analyse Cultural Works -- Factorial Explanations in History, Science and the Social Sciences -- Persuading Audiences in the Academic Domain -- Persuasion for Civic Purposes -- Towards Design Principles for Middle Years Literacies -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"The professional learning framework this book presents is designed to support teachers’ understandings of how language functions in their academic disciplines. This framework—a 4 x 4 metalinguistic toolkit—is informed by systemic functional linguistic theory and international educational research on academic and disciplinary literacies." --Publisher's website.

9781138649958 (hardback) 1138649953 (hardback) 9781138649965 (pbk.) 1138649961 (pbk.)

2016025189


Language arts (Middle school)

LB1631 / .H85 2016

428.00712