Introduction: The Language Arts Defined Diane Lappand Douglas Fisher 1: Significant Literacy Research Informing English Language Arts Instruction Richard Beachand David O’Brien 2: Re-Positioning Race in English Language Arts Research Arlette Ingram Willis 3: Literacy Engagement and Motivation: Rationale, Research, Teaching and Assessment John T. Guthrieand Allan Wigfield 4: Reading Comprehension, Critical Understanding: Research-Based Practice Maureen McLaughlinand Glenn DeVoogd 5: Toward a New Appreciation of Speaking and Listening Cheryl McLean, Mastin Prinsloo, Jennifer Rowsell,and Scott Bulfin 6: Vocabulary Instruction: Research and Practice Susan Watts-Taffe, Peter Fisher,and Camille Blachowicz Chapter 7: Academic Vocabulary Instruction: Building Knowledge about the World and How Words Work J. Kenneth Loganand Michael J. Kieffer 8: Cultivating Students’ Inner Language of Comprehending Through Classroom Conversation Jeffrey Zwiers 9: Word Study, Research to Practice: Spelling, Phonics, Meaning Shane Templetonand Donald Bear 10: Writing: Research and Practice Steven Graham 11: The Promise and Challenge of Language Arts Assessment in 21st Century Classrooms Peter Afflerbachand Jennifer Turner 12: Disciplinary Literacy Cynthia Shanahanand Timothy Shanahan 13: Diverse Learners in Linguistically Complex Classroom Research, Policy and Practice Arnetha Balland Robert Jimenez 14: Repositioning Online Reading To A Central Location In The Language Arts Lisa Kervin, Jessica Mantei,and Donald J. Leu 15: Language Arts Learning in Multimodal and Multilingual Contexts Angie Zapata, Tasha Tropp Laman,and Amy Seely Flint 16: It is About Time for Comprehensive Language Arts Instruction (We’ve Tried Everything Else!) Patricia Cunninghamand James Cunningham 17: Language Arts Instruction in Middle and High School Classrooms Allison Skerrettand Amber Warrington 18: I Know I Can!: Teacher Self-efficacy in the English Language Arts Classroom Megan Tschannen-Moran, Denise Johnson,and Bronwyn MacFarlane Epilogue and New Directions: P. David Pearsonand Mary Lisette Lopez Index