Final Synthesis Blog
At the beginning of the semester, I was confused around the idea of instructing literacy in subjects besides language arts. My initial belief was that language teachers should prepare students to be capable readers so that assigned readings from other content areas would be more easily understood. However, LLED 3530 has been beneficial in changing my attitude towards reading in my primary content area, which is science. Our class has highlighted the extra leaps that I will need to take so that my students get the most out of the readings that I assign. The most important chapter to me from Subjects Matter was chapter six, How to use a textbook because the text lays out practical strategies that can be used by students to increase comprehension. I found these to be most useful for science because of the chapter's emphasis on aligning readings around what is going to be on the test where the book stresses the importance of focusing on academic vocabulary (Daniels & Zemelman...
