Best practices in adolescent literacy instruction /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Hinchman, Kathleen A. (Editor), Sheridan-Thomas, Heather K. (Editor), Alvermann, Donna E. (author of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : The Guilford Press, [2014]
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Valuing Adolescence
  • 1. Texts and Adolescents: Embracing Connections and Connectedness
  • 2. Meaningful Discipline-Specific Language Instruction for Middle School Students for Whom English Is an Additional Language
  • 3. The Role of Motivation in Engaged Reading of Adolescents
  • 4. Using Discourse Study as an Instructional Practice with Adolescents to Develop 21st-Century Literacies of Critically Conscious Citizens
  • 5. Teaching Literacy to Youth Who Struggle with Academic Literacies
  • Part II. Developing Literacy Strategies
  • 6. Text Complexity and Deliberate Practice: Common Cores of Learning
  • 7. Active Engagement with Words
  • 8. Comprehension in Secondary Schools
  • 9. Expanding Adolescent Writing: Building upon Youths' Practices, Purposes, Relationships, and Thoughtfulness
  • 10. Reading and Writing across Multiple Texts
  • Part III. Developing Disciplinary Literacies
  • 11. Fostering Acquisition of Mathematics Language
  • 12. Reading Challenging Texts in High School: How Teachers Can Scaffold and Build Close Reading for Real Purposes in the Subject Areas
  • 13. Teaching History and Literacy
  • 14. Literacy Support in English/Language Arts Classrooms: Motivation, Dialogue, and Strategy Instruction
  • 15. Assisting Struggling Readers with Textbook Comprehension
  • Part IV. Addressing Program and Policy Issues
  • 16. Multimodality and Literacy Learning: Integrating the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
  • 17. Traveling Together over Difficult Ground: Negotiating Success with a Profoundly Inexperienced Reader in an Introduction to Chemistry Class
  • 18. Differentiating Literacy Instruction for Adolescents
  • 19. Assessment for Literacy Growth and Content Learning in Secondary Schools
  • 20. Coaching and Growing Literacy Communities of Practice.