What Adolescents Deserve

Introduction
James A. Rycik, Judith L. Irvin   FREE!

Section One: A Commitment to Literacy Access for All Students

Combining Enablement and Engagement to Assist Students Who Do Not Read and Write Well
Mary F. Roe

An Effective (and Affordable) Intervention Model for At-Risk High School Readers
Cynthia Fischer

Against Marginalization and Criminal Reading Curriculum Standards for African American Adolescents in Low-Level Tracks: A Retrospective of Baldwin's Essay
Alfred W. Tatum

What Middle and High School Educators Need to Know About Language Minority Students
Elizabeth G. Sturtevant

A Library for Ophelia
Marsha M. Sprague, Kara K. Keeling

Section Two: A Commitment to Challenging and Supportive Instruction

Discovering Readers in the Middle Level School: A Few Helpful Clues
Gay Ivey

Motivating Secondary School Students to Read Their Textbooks
Barbara L. McCombs, Mary Lee Barton

One Teacher's Use of Computers and Technology: A Look Inside a Classroom
Mary Santerre

Writing Portfolios: Active vs. Passive
Bonita L. Wilcox

“Is This Really English?”: Using Young Adult Literature in an Urban Middle School
Rebecca J. Joseph

Section Three: A Commitment to Comprehensive and Collaborative Programs

Exemplary Literacy Learning Programs
Susan E. Strauss, Judith L. Irvin

Supporting the Development of Strong Middle Grades Readers
Jack W. Humphrey

Creating a Middle School Culture of Literacy
Robert Feirsen

The Literacy Council: People Are the Key to an Effective Program
Patricia L. Anders

A New Role for the Reading Specialist: Contributing Toward a High School's Collaborative Educational Culture
Geraldine F. Henwood

From Information to Interaction: Involving Parents in the Literacy Development of Their Adolescent
James A. Rycik

Reaching Beyond Yourself: A Middle School Service Learning Program
Martha A. Magner

Using Data to Improve Literacy Learning for High School Students
Michael C. Biance, Judith L. Irvin

Section Four: A Commitment to Reimagining Adolescent Literacy Learning

Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future
Susan E. Strauss, Harold M. Foster

Developing Critical and Imaginative Thinking Within Electronic Literacy
Marino C. Alvarez

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

Intergenerational Conversations and Two Adolescents' Multiple Literacies: Implications for Redefining Content Area Literacy
Thomas Bean, Shannon K. Bean, Kristen F. Bean

Beginning to Create the New Literacy Classroom: What Does the New Literacy Look Like?
William Kist

Subject Index