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Fast-paced, Practical, And Innovative, This Text For Pre-service And In-service Teachers Features Clear, Easily Accessible Lessons And Professional Development Activities To Improve The Delivery Of Academic Language/literacy Education Across The Content Areas In Junior/middle School And High School Classrooms. Numerous Hands-on Tools And Techniques Demonstrate The Effectiveness Of Content-area Instruction For Students In A Wide Variety Of School Settings, Particularly English Language Learners, Struggling Readers, And Other Special Populations Of Students. Based On A Strong Professional Development Model The Authors Have Been Instrumental In Designing, Academic Language/literacy Strategies For Adolescents Addresses: Motivation Attributes Of Academic Language Vocabulary: Theory And Practice Reading Skills Development Grammar And Writing. A Wealth Of Charts, Graphs, And Lesson Plans Give Clear Examples Of Academic Language/literacy Strategies In Action. The Appendices – A Key Component Of The Practical Applications Developed In The Text – Include A Glossary, Exemplary Lessons That Address Key Content Areas, And A Grammar Handbook. In This Era Of Increased Accountability, Coupled With Rapid Demographic Change And Challenges To Traditional Curricula And Pedagogical Methods, Educators Will Find This Book To Be A Great Resource.