Teaching Adolescents Who Struggle with Reading Practical Strategies

by Moore, David W.; Hinchman, Kathleen A.

• ISBN13: 9780205466061
• ISBN10: 0205466060
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Teaching Adolescents Who Struggle with Readingpresents practical classroom strategies for teaching middle and high school students who struggle as readers and writers.Respected authors David Moore and Kathleen Hinchman provide sound advice on how to address the fundamentals of teaching adolescents. This affordable, long-awaited resource is a practical, down-to-earth, easy-to-read guide. Ideal for today's busy teachers, it emphasizes the important preliminary steps to take during the first few days and weeks of class. This book is must-have for people entering the profession or encountering adolescents who struggle with literacy for the first time.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
Perspectives	1	(20)
An Instructional Setting for All Learners	2	(4)
Passion	3	(1)
Purpose	3	(1)
Partnership	4	(1)
Plans	5	(1)
Metaphors for Adolescent Literacy and Instruction	6	(7)
Builders	6	(6)
Apprentice	12	(1)
Background on Adolescents Who Struggle as Readers	13	(5)
Why Are So Many Adolescents Illiterate?	13	(3)
Shouldn't Adolescent Literacy Instruction Concentrate on Remediating Disabilities?	16	(2)
Conclusion	18	(1)
References	19	(2)
Before School Starts	21	(22)
Classroom Culture	22	(5)
Naming Classroom Culture	23	(3)
General Positives	26	(1)
Classroom Structure	27	(14)
Room Arrangement	27	(2)
Procedures	29	(7)
Discipline Plan	36	(5)
Conclusion	41	(1)
References	42	(1)
Framing and Launching Units of Instruction	43	(16)
Framing Units	44	(8)
Topics	45	(1)
Standards-Based Outcomes	45	(3)
Central Questions	48	(2)
Culminations	50	(1)
Framing Units Coherently	51	(1)
Launching Units	52	(5)
Real-World Observing/Participating	52	(1)
Reading Aloud	53	(1)
Previewing Passages	53	(1)
Brainstorming	54	(2)
Writing	56	(1)
Conclusion	57	(1)
References	57	(2)
Weaving Literacy through Units of Instruction	59	(27)
Selecting Literacy Strands	60	(1)
Isolating and Integrating Literacy Strands	61	(3)
Examples of Literacy Strands	64	(19)
Builder	64	(4)
Learner	68	(3)
Experiencer	71	(3)
Doer	74	(8)
Analyzer	82	(1)
Conclusion	83	(1)
References	84	(2)
Moving toward Differentiation	86	(20)
Initiating Group Instruction	88	(13)
New Beginnings	89	(10)
Features of the Course Opening	99	(2)
Final Word	101	(1)
Accommodating Individuals	101	(3)
Instructional Choices	101	(2)
Partners	103	(1)
Conclusion	104	(1)
References	104	(2)
Interventions in Special Classes	106	(23)
Dimensions of Responsive Interventions	108	(7)
Positive Relationships	108	(1)
A Shared Agenda	109	(1)
Adolescents' Existing Literacies	110	(1)
Models of Proficient Performance	111	(1)
Engaged, Extended Reading and Writing	112	(1)
Planning Interventions with Balance and Breadth	113	(2)
Interventions Using the Four Resources Model	115	(9)
Code Breaker	115	(3)
Meaning Makers	118	(4)
Text User	122	(1)
Text Analyzer	123	(1)
Conclusion	124	(2)
References	126	(3)
Connections beyond the Classroom	129	(22)
Home-School Partnerships	130	(5)
Family Book Talks	132	(1)
Interviews	133	(1)
Compacts	134	(1)
Family Resource Centers	135	(1)
Cross-Age Partnerships	135	(2)
Buddy Reading	136	(1)
Tutoring	137	(1)
Community-School Partnerships	137	(3)
Volunteer	138	(1)
After-School Programs	139	(1)
Cultural Ties	140	(1)
Professional Development	141	(3)
Study Groups	141	(1)
Professional Associations	142	(2)
School Structures	144	(3)
Literacy across the Curriculum	144	(1)
Library-Media Centers	144	(1)
School Success Courses	145	(1)
Personalized Schools	146	(1)
Full-Service Schools	147	(1)
Conclusion	147	(1)
References	148	(3)
Classroom Assessments	151	(20)
Uses of Assessment	152	(4)
High-Stakes Assessments	153	(2)
Classroom-Support Assessments	155	(1)
Classroom-Support Assessments	156	(6)
Rubrics	156	(3)
Portfolios	159	(1)
Teacher-Student Conferences	160	(1)
Diagnostic Inventories	161	(1)
Grading	162	(7)
Components	163	(1)
Weights	164	(2)
Performance Norms	166	(1)
Fairness	166	(3)
Conclusion	169	(1)
References	169	(2)
Program Leadership	171	(20)
Beginning a Schoolwide Literacy Program	172	(8)
Literacy Teams	174	(1)
Setting Goals	175	(2)
Involving Staff	177	(2)
Creating a Culture	179	(1)
Structures for Schoolwide Literacy Improvement	180	(8)
Literacy across the Curriculum	180	(1)
Academic Literacy Development Classes	181	(2)
Intervention Services	183	(3)
Resource Support	186	(1)
Out-of-School Extensions	187	(1)
Conclusion	188	(1)
References	188	(3)
Program Profiles	191	(18)
Schoolwide Offerings	193	(8)
Service Agencies	193	(4)
Local Designs	197	(2)
School Restructuring	199	(2)
Intervention Offerings	201	(5)
Status of Interventions	201	(1)
Cases for Pull-Out Support	202	(1)
Avoiding Stigma	202	(1)
After-School Programs	203	(1)
Commercial Resources	203	(3)
Conclusion	206	(1)
References	207	(2)
Index	209