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. Interspersed throughout are essays and poems by well-known children's authors that connect in a personal way with the themes explored in the chapters. The annotated bibliography features over 600 engaging, culturally relevant trade titles.
- ISBN10 1606238817
- ISBN13 9781606238813
- Publish Date 15 October 2010 (first published 9 August 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Guilford Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English