Textmasters: Bringing Literature Circles to Textbook Reading Across the Curriculum

• Published in: Journal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 164 - 171
• Main Author: Wilfong, Lori G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2009; International Reading Association
• Subjects: action; Action Research; adolescence; attitude; Classroom environment; Classroom techniques; comprehension; constructivism; Content Area Reading; content literacy; discussion; early adolescence; extrinsic; Grade 5; Group Discussion; informational text; instructional; learner; Learning; listening; Literacy; Literacy Education; Literary history; Literature; management; methodology; Middle School Students; Middle Schools; monitoring; motivation; Nonfiction; oral language; processing; questioning; R&D; Reading; Research & development; Research Projects; Roles; Science Curriculum; Science Education; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; self; Silent Reading; strategies; study; subject area; summarizing; Teachers; text; text features; Textbooks; theoretical; topic; type; Vocabulary; vygotsky; Webmasters

A fifth‐grade science teacher and university researcher challenged the notion that textbook reading follows the same archaic formula: read the textbook and answer the questions at the end of the section. Together, they adapted literature circle roles to fit textbook structures, resulting in the stra...