Taking a Multiliteracies Approach to Content Area Literacy

New Edition Now Available! During a time when the number of digital devices on the globe can double in one year, connecting school learning with students' identities, interests, and home literacies is more important than ever. It is no secret to classroom teachers that today's students need effective instruction that is also engaging. Taking a Multiliteracies Approach to Content Area Literacy is a valuable resource for middle and secondary educators who want to implement research-based best practices that are proven to increase student achievement. This book brings together academic literacy expectations with adolescents' varied and new media-driven literacy practices and demonstrates powerful ways to bridge the two in content area instruction. Each chapter offers examples of student work and teaching from actual content area classrooms. In addition, readers will find sample lessons, numerous strategies, and teacher resources. Taking a Multiliteracies Approach gives teachers the tools they need to foster college and career readiness standards, disciplinary literacies, and engaging pedagogy for all learners.