Teaching Reading In Today's Middle Schools

by Roe,Betty

• ISBN13: 9780618345854
• ISBN10: 061834585X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This text combines a research-based approach to reading instruction with the theories, issues, and strategies most relevant to prospective middle-school teachers. The authors promote a balanced approach to literacy instruction that includes active learning, cooperative learning, and critical-thinking strategies. These strategies and their applications empower teachers to become key decision makers in their students' literacy programs. Key topics include strategies for teaching literacy through technology, working with diverse learners, standards and assessment, the use of literature in literacy instruction, and the role parents and community members play in student success. Three boxed features help teachers connect theory to practice: Model Activities provide detailed instructions for classroom activities; Classroom Scenarios serve as case studies for teacher/student interactions; and Focus on Strategies boxes highlight the benefits and challenges of various teaching methods. End-of-chapter material includes Test Yourself questions that allow students to apply their comprehension skills. For Your Journal and For Your Portfolio features also help students evaluate and implement key chapter concepts as they prepare for teaching careers.

Table of Contents

The Reading Act

Characteristics of Middle-School Students

Reading and Middle-School Students

The Importance of Reading

The Standards Movement

Components of the Reading Act

Twelve Principles of Teaching Reading

Vocabulary Instruction Strategies for Word Recognition and Learning

Word Meanings

Developing Meaning Vocabulary

Comprehension

The Reader

The Reading Situation

The Text Interaction of the Reader, the Reading Situation, and the Text

Comprehension

Literal Comprehension

Higher-Order Comprehension

Effective Questioning

Major Approaches and Materials for Reading

Instruction Published Reading

Series

Literature-Based Approaches

Language Experience Approach (LEA)

Programmed Instruction

Computer Applications in the Middle School

Eclectic Approaches

Language and Literature

Middle-Level Students

Integrating the Language Arts

The Reading-Writing Connection

Literature as a Means for Integrating Language

Reading/Study Techniques

Study Methods Flexibility of Reading

Habits Locating Information

Organizational Techniques

Metacognition Graphic Aids

Reading in the Content Areas

Content Texts

Compared with Basal Readers

Difficulty of Texts and Supplementary Materials

Alternatives to Exclusive

Use of Content Texts

General Techniques for Content Area

Reading Specific Content Areas

Assessment of Student Progress and Text Difficulty

Current Trends in Assessment

Norm-Referenced Assessment

Criterion-Referenced Tests

Alternative Assessment

Assessing Text Difficulty

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