Effective practice for adolescents with reading and literacy challenges /

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Other Authors: Denti, Lou, Guerin, Gilbert R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Vocabulary, the gateway to reading fluency and comprehension. Narrowing the language gap: the case for explicit vocabulary instruction in secondary classrooms / Kevin Feldman and Kate Kinsella
  • Evidence-based strategies for vocabulary instruction/intervention / Judy K. Montgomery
  • Teaching academic vocabulary to adolescents to improve comprehension / Mary E. Curtis and Ann Marie Longo
  • Can you teach an older student to spell? / Louisa Moats
  • Section 2. Meeting reading and literacy challenges for diverse students. "I am never going to be a reader": issues of literacy in the upper grades / Edy Hammond Stoughton
  • Promoting reading and language proficiency for English-language learners in secondary general and special education programs / Irene Nares-Guzicki
  • Adolescents with language disorders as partners in the learning process: empowerment through strategy-based intervention / Vicki Lord Larson
  • Section 3. Systemic change around reading and literacy at the secondary level. Let's get serious about literacy in high school! / Gilbert Guerin and Lou Denti
  • The impact of response to intervention on secondary literacy / Marcia Davidson
  • Action planning for struggling students to improve literacy and content area achievement / Linda Carnine and Bonnie Grossen.