tailieunhanh - Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms

Writing has always been and will continue to be one of the essential skills for college readiness and success. Since its inception, the ACT® program has included a multiple- choice format English Test to measure students’ understanding of the skills necessary for effective writing. Beginning in February 2005, students taking the ACT also had the option of adding a 30-minute direct writing test to their examination. In this publication, you will obtain an overview of the ACT Writing Test, be introduced to how student essays are scored, learn how you can use results from the Writing Test to help your students improve their writing, and discover ways to integrate preparation for the Writing Test into. | Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual LangUage Classrooms Second Edition Yvonne S. Freeman David E. Freeman HEINEMANN Portsmouth NH Heinemann A division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 361 Hanover Street Portsmouth NH 03801-3912 Offices and agents throughout the world 2006 by Yvonne S. Freeman and David E. Freeman All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Freeman Yvonne S. Teaching reading and writing in Spanish and English in bilingual and dual language classrooms Yvonne S. Freeman David E. Freeman. 2nd ed. p. cm. Edition for 1997 has title Teaching reading and writing in Spanish in the bilingual classroom. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-325-00801-9 alk. paper 1. Spanish language Study and teaching United States. 2. Language arts United States. 3. Education Bilingual United States. 4. Literacy United States. I. Freeman David E. II. Title. 2006 044 dc22 2006002859 Editor Lois Bridges Production Vicki Kasabian Cover design Jenny Jensen Greenleaf Cover photographer Julie Farias Typesetter Publishers Design and Production Services Inc. Manufacturing Louise Richardson Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 09 08 07 06 RRD 1 2 3 4 5 We dedicate this book to teachers and administrators in schools that are implementing high-quality literacy instruction in two languages. We also extend this dedication to our daughter Mary who is using two languages to help older newcomer students learn to read and write in a new language to our son-in-law Francisco who is providing high-quality literacy instruction in Spanish to his bilingual students and to our daughter Ann who is conducting research