Pump It Up : Literacy Activities for the Classroom.

Intro -- Pump It Up: Literacy Activities for the Classroom -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Section I: Exploring the Scientific World (Science) -- 1. Promoting Creativity through Writing in Science -- 2. Creating Characters through the Use of Vocabulary Words -- 3. Key Steps to a Scientific Method: An Exploration through Drama -- Section II: Becoming an Artist (Arts) -- 4. Analyze This! -- 5. We Wear the Mask -- 6. Finding Your Poem: Found Poetry as a Way of Engaging Literature -- 7. Media Activism in Secondary Classrooms through Art and Drama -- Section III: Appreciating the Beauty of Languages (Literacy/Language Arts) -- 8. Using Word Association to Uncover Hidden Beliefs -- 9. Using Photographs to Inspire Voice -- 10. Poetry in the Art Room: Creating Blackout Poems Using Preexisting Text -- 11. Speech Video Lesson -- 12. Maga(Zine) Moguls: Students as Engaged, Motivated Readers and Writers -- Section IV: Embodying Social Justice (Social Studies/Politics/History) -- 13. Drawing in a Community College Classroom? Using Picture Books and Sketch-to-Stretch with Adult Learners -- 14. What Does It Feel Like to Be Excluded? -- 15. "Were You Afraid of the Bomb?" Constructing Family Narratives of Lived Cold War Experiences -- 16. "I" Witness News: Using the Intergroup Contact Theory to Create Counter-Stereotypes -- Section V: Developing a Healthy Mind and Body (Health/Physical Education) -- 17. Including Language Awareness Activities in Physical Education -- 18. Exploring Social Identities and Social Inequalities in Physical Education -- Section VI: Playing with Numbers (Mathematics) -- 19. Writing to Learn Mathematics through Formulating Problems -- 20. Going beyond Numbers to Complicate the Given Information: Elementary Children's Mathematical Writing.

21. How Will Electronic Journaling Influence Children's Mathematical Reasoning and Communication? -- Section VII: Teaching in a Multicultural World (ESL/EFL/ELL) -- 22. A Game of Copy Change: Using Reading Logs to Develop Students' Reading and Writing Skills -- 23. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Cultural Scaffolding in Literacy Education: The Ethnobiography -- 24. This Is Me: Using "I" Statements and Narrative Writing to Introduce Students to Each Other -- 25. A Picture Is Worth a Million Words: A 21st Century Learning Experience -- 26. Using ESL Fiction Texts to Increase Motivation and Comprehension -- 27. Children's Books + Extensive Reading = Improved Reading Skills and Enjoyment for Reading and Writing -- About the Contributors.

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