Effective Practice for Adolescents with Reading and Literacy Challenges

✍ Scribed by Denti. Guerin.

• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 248
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Lack of reading proficiency is a barrier to understanding the academic content of any discipline. Effective Practice for Adolescents with Reading and Literacy Challenges provides secondary teachers with the knowledge and the strategies they need to improve their students' reading skills. Editors Denti and Guerin present a comprehensive collection of articles by a selection of prominent literacy and education researchers that provide practical approaches to improving literacy and offer accounts of successful evidence-based programs and practices that can be tailored to the needs of teachers working with struggling readers. Each chapter includes questions for review, a list of web resources, and suggested small group activities to encourage implementation of chapter ideas and strategies, making Effective Practice for Adolescents with Reading and Literacy Challenges a valuable tool for all teachers, regardless of content area.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
About the Editors......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Editors’ Thoughts......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
SECTION 1: Vocabulary—The Gateway to Reading Fluency and Comprehension......Page 22
CHAPTER 1 Narrowing the Language Gap: The Case for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction in Secondary Classrooms......Page 24
CHAPTER 2 Evidence-based Strategies for Vocabulary Instruction/Intervention......Page 46
CHAPTER 3 Teaching Academic Vocabulary to Adolescents to Improve Comprehension......Page 66
CHAPTER 4 Can You Teach an Older Student to Spell?......Page 86
SECTION 2: Meeting Reading and Literacy Challenges for Diverse Students......Page 104
CHAPTER 5 “I am Never Going to Be a Reader”: Issues of Literacy in the Upper Grades......Page 106
CHAPTER 6 Promoting Reading and Language Proficiency for English-language Learners in Secondary General and Special Education Programs......Page 128
CHAPTER 7 Adolescents with Language Disorders as Partners in the Learning Process: Empowerment through Strategy-based Intervention......Page 150
SECTION 3: Systemic Change Around Reading and Literacy at the Secondary Level......Page 168
CHAPTER 8 Let’s Get Serious About Literacy in High School!......Page 170
CHAPTER 9 The Impact of Response to Intervention on Secondary Literacy......Page 200
CHAPTER 10 Action Planning for Struggling Students to Improve Literacy and Content Area Achievement......Page 216
Index......Page 244