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This online Content Area Reading course developed by Pearson Teacher Education and Development offers instructors a rich online course built around assignments and activities, classroom videos, and readings. Weekly assignments are focused on essential course concepts and provide well-structured and effective learning activities. Once students complete these assignments they are given opportunities to discuss and reflect upon what they have learned. Students are then led tomeaningful weekly activities that require them to apply what they have learned. Available for most course management systems, this course is customizable and can easily accommodate and adapt to instructors' own resources and materials. Basic Course Components Course Documents Online Student Manual Course Syllabus Course Reading Assignments from Leading Texts Rubrics Online Resources Bloom's Taxonomy Lesson Plan Template Microsoft Tutorials Weekly Assignments Learning Objectives Learning Log Reading Assignments Viewing Activities Theory Into Practice Exercises Discussion Board Questions Synthesize/Apply/Reflect Exercises Assignment Guidelines Additional Resources Content Area Reading Course Topics Literacy in the Content Areas Motivation Striving Readers Vocabulary Comprehension Writing to Learn Literacy Through Technology Assessing Literacy Progress Books Aligned to the Course Alvermann, D.E., Phelps, S.F., & Gillis, V.R. (2010) Content Area Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classroom (with MyEducationLab). (6th ed.) Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN-10: 013610102X Brozo, W. G. & Simpson, M.L.