Struggling Adolescent Readers

Introduction

Section 1: Working With Struggling Adolescent Readers

A Case Study of Middle School Reading Disability
Darrell Morris, Criss Ervin, Kim Conrad

Reading Rescue: Intervention for a Student “At Promise”
Nancy G. Lee, Judith C. Neal

Reflections on Teaching Struggling Middle School Readers
Gay Ivey

Developing Academic Confidence to Build Literacy: What Teachers Can Do
Carolyn Colvin, Lisa Kramer Schlosser

Hiding Out in Secondary Classrooms: Coping Strategies of Unsuccessful Readers
William G. Brozo

Section 2: Acknowledging Cultural Ties

Developing Parent Partnerships in Secondary Literacy Learning
Tervor H. Cairney

A Walk Through Gracie's Garden: Literacy and Cultural Explorations in a Mexican American Junior High School
William G. Brozo, Paul Cantú Valerio, Minerva M. Salazar

Literature-Based Cognitive Strategy Instruction for Middle School Latina/o Students
Robert T. Jiménez, Arturo Gámez

Children's Informational Picture Books Visit a Secondary ESL Classroom
Nancy L. Hadaway, Jane Mundy

Exploring Ethnic-Specific Literature: A Unity of Parents, Families, and Educators
Nancy Hansen-Krening, Donald T. Mizokawa

Vocabulary Learning With the Verbal-Visual Word Association Strategy in a Native American Community
Gary Hopkins, Thomas Bean

Recycled Words: Holistic Instruction for LEP Students
Mary E. Blake, Patricia L. Majors

Rock 'n' Roll Horror Stories: Students, Teachers, and Popular Culture
Cynthia Lewis

The Literature Project: Using Literature to Improve the Self-Concept of At-Risk Adolescent Females
Darcy E. Miller

Section 3: Supporting Classroom Reading

Reading Comprehension Instruction for At-Risk Students: Research-Based Practices That Can Make a Difference
James Flood, Diane Lapp

Students With Learning Difficulties Meet Shakespeare: Using a Scaffolded Reading Experience
Sally Sue Rothenberg, Susan M. Watts-Taffe

Using Embedded Questions to Jump-Start Metacognition in Middle School Remedial Readers
Carol Weir

Helping Students Construct Meaning Through Their Own Questions
Larry Crapse

Rapid Retrieval of Information: Reading Aloud With a Purpose
Marguerite Green

Vocabulary Teaching and Learning in a Seventh-Grade Literature-Based Classroom
Janis M. Harmon

On the Question of Teaching Decoding Skills to Older Students
Nancy C. Lawkowicz

Section 4: Supporting Classroom Writing and Inquiry

Information Charts: A Strategy for Organizing Student Research
Sally N. Randall

How to Do How-To Books: Real-Life Writing in the Classroom
Lu Huntley-Johnston, Sherri Phillips Merritt, Lois E. Huffman

Creating Skinny Books Helps Students Learn About Difficult Topics
Beth Broder Epstein

Writing to Learn in Content Area Reading Class
Sharon E. Andrews

Spotlighting Specifics by Combining Focus Questions With K-W-L
Lois E. Huffman

Using Story Frames to Develop Reading Comprehension
Leslie Anne Oja

Section 5: Varying Texts to Meet Students' Interests and Needs

“On Every Page Someone Gets Killed!” Book Conversations You Don't Hear in School
Jo Worthy

Creating the Lifetime Reading Habit in Social Studies
Joseph Sanacore

The Place of Picture Books in Middle-Level Classrooms
Terry Miller

Wordless Books: No-Risk Tools for Inclusive Middle-Grade Classrooms
Judith K. Cassady

Focus on Teenage Parents: Using Children's Literature to Strengthen Teenage Literacy
Helen L. Johnson, Susanna Pflaum, Ellen Sherman, Patricia Taylor, Patricia Poole

Read-Alouds Reluctant Readers Relish
Barbara Erickson

The Quick Book Share
Bruce H. Eldridge

Faculty Book Talks: Adults Sharing Books and Enthusiasm for Reading With Students
Sharon Morley

Section 6: Connecting In-School and Out-of-School Reading

Family Reading at the Middle School
Ruth D. Handel

Peer and Cross-Age Tutoring: The Lessons of Research
Martha D. Rekrut

The Shifting Muffled Sound of the Pick: Facilitating Student-to-Student Discussion
Sharon Benge Kletzien, Lynda Baloche

Getting Disenchanted Adolescents to Participate in School Literacy Activities: Portfolio Conferences
Josephine Peyton Young, Samuel R. Mathews, Anne Marie Kietzmann, Todd Westerfield

High School Reading Programs Revisited
Arlene L. Barry

Subject Index