Effective practice for adolescents with reading and literacy challenges /
[Book]
edited by Lou Denti and Gilbert Guerin.
New York :
Routledge,
2008.
xix, 227 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.