Building Struggling Students' Higher Level Literacy

Practical Ideas, Powerful Solutions

 

About the Editors

Contributors

Preface

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Chapter 1
Struggling Readers and Higher Level Literacy
Thomas G. Gunning

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Chapter 2
Assessment-Based Instruction in Developing Higher Level Literacy
Thomas G. Gunning, Diane Phelps

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Chapter 3
Using Discussions to Promote Striving Readers' Higher Level Comprehension of Literary Texts
Kristin Bourdage Reninger, Ian A.G. Wilkinson

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Chapter 4
Shifting Talk About Text: Developing Struggling Readers' Comprehension Processes During Talk About Text
Kathleen F. Clark

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Chapter 5
Using Writing To Develop Struggling Learners' Higher Level Reading Comprehension
James L. Collins, Timothy P. Madigan

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Chapter 6
Teaching Struggling Readers to Respond in Writing to Open-Ended Questions: Making the Writing and Reading Strategic
Nancy N. Boyles

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Chapter 7
A Step-by-Step Program for Developing Higher Level Skills in Struggling Readers
Thomas G. Gunning   FREE!

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Chapter 8
Beyond Strategy Instruction: Looking at Person, Situation, Task, and Text Variables
Irene W. Gaskins, Emily Phillips Galloway

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Chapter 9
Strategy Instruction and Lessons Learned in Teaching Higher Level Thinking Skills in an Urban Middle School Classroom
Karen C. Waters

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Chapter 10
Literacy Initiatives in the Urban Setting That Promote Higher Level Thinking
Karen C. Waters

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Chapter 11
School, Home, and Community: A Symbiosis for a Literacy Partnership
Karen C. Waters

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Chapter 12
Next Steps: Implementing a Program of Higher Level Literacy for Struggling Readers
Thomas G. Gunning

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