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Monte-Sano, Chauncey; De La Paz, Susan; Felton, Mark; Piantedosi, Kelly Worland; Yee, Laura S.; Carey, Roderick L. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2017
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) emphasize disciplinary literacy by making literacy instruction every teacher's responsibility (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010). The CCSS require content area teachers to adapt curriculum and pedagogy to support disciplinary literacy…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, History Instruction, Best Practices, Common Core State Standards
Corey, Roger – Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, 1995
Describes using music with eighth-grade students for generating story ideas to write about. (SR)
Descriptors: Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Music
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Hancock, Marjorie R. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes the use of character journals (a written diary kept by the reader who assumes the role of the main character) with a group of eighth-grade students. Shows how students think more about what they are reading and come away with a better sense of their own identity. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1989
This booklet outlines the California state guidelines for writing which assert that students should be carefully taught to read and compose many types of discourse to prepare them for higher education, the job market, and citizenship in democracy. The booklet summarizes the purposes for which the California Assessment Program (CAP) was developed,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 12, Grade 8, Secondary Education