Patricia Antonacci is a Professor Emeritus of Education at Iona College. Antonacci entered the teaching profession as a classroom teacher for the middle and elementary grades and continued as a literacy specialist. Her long career in public schools brought her a range of experiences as a teacher at all grade levels including a number of years working in diverse classroom settings. As a reading specialist for K through 12, she assisted teachers in integrating literacy instruction in content areas. Working in a large urban district afforded her rich experiences teaching striving readers and English language learners. Antonacci has taught courses at Fordham University and Iona College including the following: reading in the content areas for middle and secondary grades, foundations of literacy, literacy across the curriculum, action research, as well as mentoring doctoral students in conducting research in literacy education. She has published numerous articles and books including (as coauthors) Antonacci & O'Callaghan, Portraits of Literacy Development: Instruction and Assessment in a Well-Balanced Literacy Program, K-3 (2004); Antonacci & O'Callaghan, A Handbook for Literacy Instruction & Assessment Strategies K-8 (2006), Antonacci & O'Callaghan, Using Children's Literature Across the Curriculum: A Handbook of Instructional Strategies K-8 (2010), Antonacci & O'Callaghan, Promoting Literacy Development K-8 (2012).

Section I. Academic Vocabulary: Developing Vocabulary for Learning in Content Areas
What Research Has to Say on the Development of Academic Vocabulary
A Framework for Teaching Academic Vocabulary to Adolescent Learners
A Strategy for Assessing the Development of Academic Vocabulary
Reflective Practice on Teaching Academic Vocabulary
Chapter 1: Semantic Mapping: Developing Robust Academic Vocabularies
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Mathematics Learning Community
Chapter 2: Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy: Promoting Word Consciousness
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Business Learning Community
Chapter 3: Contextual Redefinition: Using Clues as a Word-Learning Strategy
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Biology Learning Community
Chapter 4: Semantic Feature Analysis: Comparing and Contrasting Features of Words
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Health Learning Community
Chapter 5: Blogging Academic Vocabulary: Integrating Subject-Matter Discourse Into Media
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Political Science Learning Community
Section II. Reading Fluency: Developing Deep-Reading Fluency
What Research Has to Say About the Development of Reading Fluency
A Framework for Teaching Reading Fluency to Adolescent Students
A Strategy for Assessing Reading Fluency Development
Reflective Practice on Teaching Reading Fluency
Chapter 6: Readers Theatre: Increasing Fluency Through Student Engagement With Text
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Social Studies Learning Community
Chapter 7: Paired Reading: A Collaborative Approach for Developing Deep-Reading Fluency
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Visual Arts Learning Community
Chapter 8: Audiobooks: Modeling and Scaffolding Reading Fluency
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for an Integrated English Language Arts and Social Studies Learning Community
Chapter 9: Radio Reading: An Authentic Approach for Developing Reading Fluency
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for an Economics Learning Community
Chapter 10: Morphemic Analysis: A Useful Resource for Becoming a Fluent Reader
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Physics Learning Community
Section III. Developing Close Reading of Text: Essential Strategies for Teaching Close Reading
What Research Has to Say About the Development of Close Reading of Text
A Framework for Teaching Close Reading to Adolescent Learners
A Strategy for Assessing Close Reading of Text
Reflective Practice on Teaching Close Reading of Text
Chapter 11: Annotation: Strategic Analysis of Text
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Science Learning Community
Chapter 12: Interactive Think-Alouds: Collaborative Interpretation of Text
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for an English Literature Learning Community
Chapter 13: Inference Strategy Guide: Facilitating Reading Between the Lines
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Social Studies Learning Community
Chapter 14: The Inquirer Strategy: Learning to Ask Questions
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Social Studies Learning Community
Chapter 15: Active Interpretation of Film: Making Inferences Through Visual Media
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for an English Literature Learning Community
Section IV. Reading Informational Text: Developing Comprehension for Informational Text
What Research Has to Say About the Comprehension of Informational Text
A Framework for Teaching Comprehension of Informational Text to Adolescent Students
A Strategy for Assessing the Development of Comprehending Informational Text
Reflective Practice on Teaching Comprehension of Informational Text
Chapter 16: Questioning the Author: Constructing Meaning From the Text
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Social Studies Learning Community
Chapter 17: Text Structure Strategy: Using Graphic Organizers to Learn From Informational Text
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Music Learning Community
Chapter 18: Connect to It: Making Personal, Text, and World Connections to Text
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Mathematics, Science, and Technology Learning Community
Chapter 19: Inquiry Charts: Organizing Information for Learning From Texts
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for an Environmental Science Learning Community
Chapter 20: Digital Pattern Folders: Comprehending Multimodal Texts
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Health and Wellness Learning Community
Section V. Media and Digital Literacies: Developing Comprehension for Media and Digital Literacies
What Research Has to Say About the Comprehension of Media and Digital Literacies
A Framework for Teaching Comprehension of Media and Digital Literacies to Adolescent Learners
A Strategy for Assessing Comprehension of Digital Text
Reflective Practice on Teaching Digital and Media Literacies
Chapter 21: Think and Check: Contextualizing and Corroborating Online Information
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Social Studies Learning Community
Chapter 22: Digital Storytelling: Creating Digital Text
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic Discourse)
Integrating the New Literacies
An Application for a Biology Learning Community
Chapter 23: Wikibooks: Collaborative Research Projects
Strategy Overview
Step-by-Step Procedure
Differentiating Instruction for Striving Readers
Considering the Language Needs of English Language Learners (Academic...