Engaging in the Language Arts

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Engaging in the Language Arts: Exploring the Power of Language, written by distinguished authors Donna Ogle and Jim Beers, brings the language arts to life for teachers through a focus on contemporary communication and visual literacy, coupled with varied genre and electronic resources. The guide unique in that it is all about helping teachers ensure that students learn to use language to communicate with others in our increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse society–and to draw upon a great language resource in their classrooms to do this: the language power of their students themselves.