Additionally the DOE suggests some resources to help teachers in this set of four videos. Here is the summary of the resources:
Emphasizing Informational Text:
1. Inspire.com (biographical information, science information)
2. Project Gutenberg
Literacy Standards for All Content Areas:
1. Reading in the Disciplines (pp. 4-6)
2. Dr. Shanahan’s Disciplinary Literacy Blog with videos, ppt’s, graphic organizers, etc.
3. DOE’s Literacy Standards for Science & Exemplar Texts
Text Complexity:
1. Lexile analyzer
2. Lexile of a known book
The Special Place of Argument:
1. Purdue OWL rhetorical writing
2. ProCon.org