BEFORE:
Think Ahead, Predict, Plan, Question
DURING:
Think About, Reflect, Connect, Revise
AFTER:
Think Back, Review, Reflect, Share
This section offers both research and practice information on fostering successful reading practices in adolescent students. A section with research-based strategies that offers examples and advice is included as well as information on reading behaviors. Research papers and bibliographies for aspects of literacy are also available.
Reading Strategies
A listing of instructional strategies, including procedures, examples, and research citations
- Before, During, and After Reading Information
- Five Traits of Strategic Readers
- 10 Goals of Strategic Teaching
- Strong and Weak Readers—Featuring characteristics of strong and weak readers, this document presents the reading behaviors categorized using the before, during, and after reading framework.
- Adolescent Literacy Intervention Programs: Chart and Program Review Guide
Research
Culturally Responsive Instruction: Promoting Literacy in Secondary Content Areas (by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt, 2005)
Ten Years of Research On Adolescent Literacy, 1994–2004: A Review (by Stephen Phelps, 2005)
Moving Beyond the Obvious: Examining Our Thinking About Linguistically Diverse Students (by Robert T. Jiménez, 2005)
Differentiation Through Flexible Grouping: Successfully Reaching All Readers (by Michael P. Ford, December 2005)
Quick Key 10 Action Guide: Using Student Engagement to Improve Adolescent Literacy (2005)
Seeing Themselves as Capable and Engaged Readers: Adolescents and Re/Meditated Instruction (by Donna E. Alvermann, Ph.D., November 2003)
Using Multiple Texts to Teach Content (by Cynthia Hynd Shanahan, Ed.D., December 2003)
Using Young-Adult Literature to Enhance Comprehension in the Content Areas (by Thomas W. Bean, Ph.D., December 2003)