Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction, Second Edition

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Description An Authoritative Teacher Resource And Widely Adopted Text, This Book Provides A Comprehensive Overview Of Adolescent Literacy Instruction In The Era Of The Common Core State Standards (ccss). Leading Educators Describe Effective Practices For Motivating Diverse Learners In Grades 5-12, Building Comprehension Of Multiple Types Of Texts, Integrating Literacy And Content-area Instruction, And Teaching English Language Learners And Struggling Readers. Case Examples, Lesson-planning Ideas, And End-of-chapter Discussion Questions And Activities Enhance The Utility Of The Volume-- Part I. Valuing Adolescence -- 1. Texts And Adolescents: Embracing Connections And Connectedness -- 2. Meaningful Discipline-specific Language Instruction For Middle School Students For Whom English Is An Additional Language -- 3. The Role Of Motivation In Engaged Reading Of Adolescents -- 4. Using Discourse Study As An Instructional Practice With Adolescents To Develop 21st-century Literacies Of Critically Conscious Citizens -- 5. Teaching Literacy To Youth Who Struggle With Academic Literacies Part Ii. Developing Literacy Strategies -- 6. Text Complexity And Deliberate Practice: Common Cores Of Learning -- 7. Active Engagement With Words -- 8. Comprehension In Secondary Schools -- 9. Expanding Adolescent Writing: Building Upon Youths' Practices, Purposes, Relationships, And Thoughtfulness -- 10. Reading And Writing Across Multiple Texts Part Iii. Developing Disciplinary Literacies -- 11. Fostering Acquisition Of Mathematics Language -- 12. Reading Challenging Texts In High School: How Teachers Can Scaffold And Build Close Reading For Real Purposes In The Subject Areas -- 13. Teaching History And Literacy -- 14. Literacy Support In English/language Arts Classrooms: Motivation, Dialogue, And Strategy Instruction -- 15. Assisting Struggling Readers With Textbook Comprehension Part Iv. Addressing Program And Policy Issues -- 16. Multimodality And Literacy Learning: Integrating The Common Core State Standards For English Language Arts -- 17. Traveling Together Over Difficult Ground: Negotiating Success With A Profoundly Inexperienced Reader In An Introduction To Chemistry Class -- 18. Differentiating Literacy Instruction For Adolescents -- 19. Assessment For Literacy Growth And Content Learning In Secondary Schools -- 20. Coaching And Growing Literacy Communities Of Practice. Edited By Kathleen A. Hinchman, Heather K. Sheridan-thomas ; Foreword By Donna E. Alvermann. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.