Differentiated Instruction in the English Classroom: Content, Process, Product and Assessment.(Book Review)

Publication: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy

Publication Date: 01-DEC-04

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Differentiated Instruction in the English Classroom: Content, Process, Product and Assessment

Your school's curriculum states that students will read classic texts such as A Separate Peace by John Knowles (2003, Scribner). As you pull out your file on this novel, you can already hear the moans and groans from your third- and fifth-period classes. Before even opening the book, most of the students will complain that it "is awful" and most will dislike the thought of writing an essay, even though you give a choice of topics. How will you ever engage your students--among whom you have three students with disabilities as well as four ESL students who have just been added to your roster?

Differentiated Instruction in the English Classroom: Content, Process, Product and Assessment by Barbara King-Shaver and Alyce Hunter addresses exactly these concerns. The book provides an excellent operational definition of differentiated instruction as well as many examples from the middle and high...

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