Pump It Up: Literacy Activities for the Classroom

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Promoting Creativity through Writing in Science....Pages 3-8
Creating Characters through the Use of Vocabulary Words....Pages 9-12
Key Steps to a Scientific Method....Pages 13-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Analyze This!....Pages 19-22
We Wear The Mask....Pages 23-25
Finding Your Poem....Pages 27-30
Media Activism in Secondary Classrooms through Art and Drama....Pages 31-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Using Word Association to Uncover Hidden Beliefs....Pages 37-41
Using Photographs to Inspire Voice....Pages 43-46
Poetry in the Art Room....Pages 47-52
Speech Video Lesson....Pages 53-57
Maga(Zine) Moguls....Pages 59-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Drawing in a Community College Classroom?....Pages 67-70
What Does It Feel Like to Be Excluded?....Pages 71-74
“Were You Afraid of the Bomb?”....Pages 75-79
“I” Witness News....Pages 81-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Including Language Awareness Activities in Physical Education....Pages 87-93
Exploring Social Identities and Social Inequalities in Physical Education....Pages 95-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Writing to Learn Mathematics through Formulating Problems....Pages 105-109
Going beyond Numbers to Complicate the Given Information....Pages 111-116
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
How Will Electronic Journaling Influence Children’s Mathematical Reasoning and Communication?....Pages 117-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Drawing in a Community College Classroom?....Pages 123-128
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Cultural Scaffolding in Literacy Education....Pages 129-132
This Is Me....Pages 133-137
A Picture Is Worth a Million Words....Pages 139-144
Using ESL Fiction Texts to Increase Motivation and Comprehension....Pages 145-152
Children’s Books + Extensive Reading = Improved Reading Skills and Enjoyment for Reading and Writing....Pages 153-158
Back Matter....Pages 159-163