Discover seven research-based teaching practices for developing complex language and literacy skills across grade levels and content areas: using complex texts; fortifying complex output; fostering academic interaction; clarifying complex language; modeling; guiding; and designing instruction. You will find clear descriptions and examples of how these essential practices can be woven together in real lessons, classroom activities based on the seven practices, dozens of classroom examples from different grade levels and disciplines, detailed lessons focused on language and literacy development, and strategies and tools for building the capacity for sustained growth.