Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students

Research-Based Lists and Strategies for Key Content Areas

Jennifer Wells Greene, Ph.D., Averil Coxhead, Ph.D.

Teach middle school students the academic vocabulary words they need to know to master the content in their textbooks. This book gives educators five extensive, research-based lists of vocabulary words frequently used in textbooks, plus guidance and activities to help them teach the words.

HELP MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS:

• Strengthen academic vocabulary knowledge in five key school subjects
• Master the content they need to know under the Common Core State Standards
• Understand why the words they encounter in textbooks are important
• Improve comprehension and eliminate roadblocks to understanding what they read
• Increase school success (for all students, including English language learners and those with disabilities)

PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Five research-based lists of hundreds of academic vocabulary words, each one devoted to a key content area. Plus helpful discussion questions and 15 detailed vocabulary instruction activities, including "fix-ups" for struggling readers and English language learners and extensions that build on the activities.

Reviews

1. Deborah Reed, Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University - December 1, 2014
   "A practical but theoretically-motivated approach to the difficult task of improving middle school students’ academic vocabulary … provides the clear guidance that teachers crave for determining what and how vocabulary instruction should be happening in the key content areas."

2. Nancy Frey, San Diego State University - December 1, 2014
   "What an invaluable resource! Busy educators will love the methods for integrating vocabulary lists into meaningful content instruction. This is a must on any teacher’s bookshelf."

3. Joseph Dimino, Senior Research Associate, Instructional Research Group, Los Alamitos, California - November 25, 2014
   "An invaluable resource that should be in every middle school teacher’s professional library … will help educators increase students’ knowledge of the vocabulary they need to know to comprehend text well."

Authors: Jennifer Wells Greene Ph.D., Averil Coxhead Ph.D.

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