TY - BOOK AU - Scarborough, Harriet Arzu. TI - Writing across the curriculum in secondary classrooms: teaching from a diverse perspective SN - 9780130224897 U1 - 373.19 SCA PY - 2001/// CY - USA PB - Merrill Prentice Hall KW - English language KW - Composition and exercises KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) KW - United States KW - Interdisciplinary approach in education KW - Multicultural education N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index. N2 - Based on a need to teach writing and thinking across the curriculum, Harriet Scarborough worked through a number of her esteemed colleagues and practical thinking middle school and secondary school teachers to create a text for today's diverse classrooms. The author and her text contributors met regularly for a year to identify what was working in the classroom. They offer this book to you as you look to: give voice to the use of writing to mediate learning develop writing contexts for learning in content area classes create writing environments conducive to risk-taking make learning relevant and authentic for ALL students ER -