Table of Contents
Content Home- Welcome
Module Overview- Pre-Assessment
- Unit 1: Career and College Readiness in the Technical Subjects
- Unit 2: Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, K-5
- Unit 3: Building Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, 6–12 Reading
- 3.1 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
- 3.2 Reading Standard 1: Evidence, Inferences, and Conclusions
- 3.3 Reading Standard 2: Central Ideas and Summarizing
- 3.4 Reading Standard 3: Multistep Procedures
- 3.5 CCR Anchor Standards, Reading 4, 5, & 6
- 3.5.1 Discipline-Specific Vocabulary
- 3.5.2 Analyzing the Author's Purpose
- 3.5.3 Lesson Ideas in Technical Subjects for Standards 4, 5, and 6
- 3.5.4 Action Plan for Standards 4, 5, and 6
- 3.6 Reading Standards 7, 8, and 9: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- 3.7 Reading Standard 10: Text Complexity
- 3.8 Unit Summary
- Unit 4: Building Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, 6–12 Writing
- 4.1 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
- 4.2 Writing in the Technical Subjects in the 21st Century
- 4.3 Writing Standard 1: Arguments to Support Claims
- 4.4 Different Types and Purposes of Writing
- 4.5 Writing Standard 2: Informative/Explanatory Text
- 4.6 Writing Standards 4, 5, and 6: Production and Distribution of Writing
- 4.7 Writing Standards 7, 8, and 9: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
- 4.8 Writing Standard 10: Range of Writing
- 4.9 Unit Summary: Review
- Module Summary
Post Assessment
Certificate of Completion
Resources- Module Evaluation
3.5.1 Discipline-Specific Vocabulary
As described in Reading Standard 4, developing discipline-specific vocabulary is important for building students' content knowledge and reading abilities in the technical subjects. Watch the video below, beginning from minute 4:33, to see how a dance teacher helps students develop discipline-specific vocabulary.
Modern Dance: Three-Dimensional Vocabulary
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Content Literacy for Technical Subjects. Brought to you by the California Department of Education and the California Arts Project at California State University, San Bernardino.
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