Teaching Academic Vocabulary Effectively

About the Book

Do you struggle in determining the type of vocabulary to teach in your content area class? Do you find the "unique" words that are highlighted by the publisher to be useless in terms of teaching overall text comprehension? This workbook does all of the work for you by providing nine comprehensive units that focus on essential academic terms that are encountered in content area readings. The teaching of these high-utility words, in the manner provided, will increase student comprehension of non-fiction reading and improve student understanding of standardized tests. This is how vocabulary should be taught!

About the Author

Educator of the Year, Mrs. Julie Adams has been a teacher since 1997. She is a consultant and owner of Adams Educational Consulting and conducts in-service training nationwide in the content area of reading and writing. In addition to her Master?s in Teaching, she is a Nationally Board Certified teacher who has taught at all levels. A former professor, she currently teaches 8th grade English and Social Science at University Preparatory School in Redding, CA. She can be reached at jadams@suhsd.net.