- How are generalizable literacy strategies and disciplinary literacy strategies different? Describe why and how they can be explicitly taught in content area classes.
- Do you believe that content area teachers should be teaching literacy strategies? Discuss your beliefs about teaching literacy strategies in content area classes.
- Identify examples of texts you have encountered in different disciplines and discuss the different strategies you have applied to comprehend and learn from them.
- What is culturally responsive teaching, and why is it important to serving the needs of a diverse student population?
- Discuss ways that disciplinary literacy strategies can be used along with culturally- responsive teaching methods. What are some of the challenges teachers face when trying to meet the needs of all students in content area classes?