Academic Moves for College and Career Readiness, Grades 6-12

A longtime English teacher, Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards, including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009, he created the English Companion Ning—the largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently, Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium. Barry Gilmore was the Middle School Head and later the Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning at Hutchison School in Memphis, Tennessee.  A National Board Certified Teacher, he taught English and social studies for nearly twenty years.  Barry is the author of seven education books and the former president of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English.  Awards for his teaching have come from NCTE, TCTE, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. He passed away in 2019 at the age of 50 and is dearly missed by his students, family, friends and fellow faculty.

"Academic Moves for College and Career Readiness provides clarity and structure for teachers who seek to help their students become more competent and confident thinkers, and does so without compromising the critical role of a teacher′s content knowledge and creativity in a dynamic classroom. Its economy of expression makes complex ideas accessible, while annotated student work provides a window into learner application. Most significantly, the book is written in the voice of teachers, who live what they recommend."

• Introduction: The Language of LearningAcknowledgments1. Analyze2. Argue3. Compare/Contrast4. Describe5. Determine6. Develop7. Evaluate8. Explain9. Imagine10. Integrate11. Interpret12. Organize13. Summarize14. Support15. TransformAppendicesI. The Other WordsII. Academic Writing MovesIII. Working With the Words Across DisciplinesIV. Academic Moves: EtymologyV. Teaching by Design Using Webb’s Depth of Knowledge ModelVI. Standards Correlation Chart (Texas, Florida, Indiana, and Virginia)VII. Anchor ChartsVIII. Graphic OrganizersGlossaryIndex