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A good description of strategy minilesson instruction with GRR

A collection of instructional strategies, i.e. "tools," and templates and videos for implementation of the tools. From the site homepage: "For every tool you'll find: An explanation of how and when to use it, a template students can use to implement the tool, a place to take notes about how you use each tool."

A succinct introduction to what it means to apprentice youth in the disciplinary literacies

A guide for matching strategy to text

Lesson plan for developing discussion

"...[I]f we are knowledgeable about the distinct differences among content areas why are we using generic literacy strategies across the content areas? Generic literacy approaches across the content areas have not produced the results we have been looking for in our students’ literacy or content knowledge, skills, and performance."

"Inquiry is at the heart of disciplinary practices. In order for students and teachers to operate from an inquiry-based approach, teachers must recognize and make accessible to students the habits of practice used by disciplinary experts and be able to identify linguistic features specific to each discipline. The authors offer tips for choosing literacy strategies that match disciplinary goals and objectives, cultivating academic conversations academic conversations and fostering writing for argument."