21ST CENTURY LITERACY IBD

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Introduction Part I. The Bureaucratic Script Chapter 1: Standards, Standards Everywhere and Not a Spot to Think ? P. L. Thomas Chapter 2: Rubrics, Scoring Guides, and Testing, Testing, Testing ? Renita Schmidt Part II. The Corporate Script Chapter 3: Marketing Child Readers: Ranking and Sorting ? Renita Schmidt Chapter 4: English as a Scripted Language ? P. L. Thomas Part III. The Student Script Chapter 5: ?When Are We Going to Do English?? ? P. L. Thomas Chapter 6: How School Works: Raise Your Hands When You Want to Learn ? Renita Schmidt Part IV. The Parent and Public Script Chapter 7: ?Why Don?t You Mark the Errors on my Child?s Papers?? - Explaining Yourself Theoretically and Professionally ? Renita Schmidt Chapter 8: ?Why Aren?t You Teaching C. S. Lewis??-Challenges and Expectations from Outside School ? P. L. Thomas Part V. The Administrative Script Chapter 9: But Are They Ready To Do Best Practices? ? Renita Schmidt Chapter 10: Building and Department Politics-Talking English ? P. L. Thomas Part VI. Beyond Scripts to Literacy Chapter 11: Literacy as Action-Empowering Students ? P. L. Thomas Chapter 12: Assessing Our Way into Instruction: What Teachers Know and How They Know It ? Renita Schmidt Conclusion: Implications for Literacy Classrooms in the 21st Century References