Creating literacy-rich schools for adolescents /

Ivey, Gay.

Creating literacy-rich schools for adolescents / Gay Ivey, Douglas Fisher. - Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2006. - xviii, 154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: adolescent literacy in perspective -- Reading and writing in English classes -- Transportable and transparent strategies for content literacy instruction -- Time spent "just reading": a nonnegotiable -- Interventions and support for struggling adolescents -- Leadership and schoolwide support for literacy -- Coda: a student's perspective on improving adolescent literacy -- Appendix A: a call to action -- Appendix B: adolescent literacy.

1416603212 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781416603214 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005031957


Reading (Secondary)

LB1632 / .I84 2006

428.4071/2