Learning the Language of Academic Study

Jim Burke is a master at making pedagogical principles accessible with practical teaching aids, most notably graphic organizers. Here, he begins with a question, ’What can teachers do that makes a difference for all students, that meets them where they are and helps get them where they need to be as reader and writers“as students?” Then he finds answers in an academic vocabulary list, a main idea organizer, a comparison organizer, and a list of practical teaching principles.