Content-area literacy strategies that work [electronic resource] : do this, not that / Lori G. Wilfong.

Build background information quickly
Help scaffold focus while reading with specific strategies
Use small group reading and learning strategies to bring personal response and accountability to the content
Address disciplinary-specific content reading strategies
Use content area vocabulary in meaningful ways
Make writing an authentic process in every classroom
Promote daily writing strategies to strengthen thinking in the discipline
Implement slightly larger weekly writing strategies to encourage comprehension and synthesis in the discipline
Plan and teach one "big" informational piece per semester
Plan and teach one "big" argumentative piece per semester.