*Adolescent+Literacy

=** Adolescent Literacy Resources **=

//** Websites: **//
AdLit.org - All about adolescent literacy, resources for grades 4-12 Center on Instruction: Adolescent Literacy - Research summaries, guidebooks, and professional development resources Doing What Works Website: Adolescent Literacy Explore recommended research-based practices for Adolescent Literacy from the US Department of Education's website. Includes multimedia overviews, teaching resources, and examples for vocabulary instruction, comprehension strategies, engaging text discussion, and intensive intervention. What Works Clearinghouse: Practice Guides by Grade Level and Topic


 * [|ReadWriteThink]** Website - collaboration between IRA, NCTE, Thinkfinity, and more

//** Research and Guidance: **//

 * Reading in the Disciplines** - Report and guidance document on the challenges of adolescent literacy
 * Adolescent Literacy Resources: Annotated Bibliography**, 2nd edition, from the Center on Instruction (2009) Adolescent Literacy Annotated Bibliography

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**Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers** - A Practice Brief from the Center on Instruction (2008) Effective Instruction for Adolescent Readers  ====== [|Complex World of Adolescent Literacy: Myths, Motivations & Mysterie] s - Research article on adolescent literacy from Harvard Educational Review = =
 * Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices** - An IES Practice Guide Improving Adolescent Literacy
 * Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents -** Guidance Document from Center on Instruction: Academic Lit. for Adolescents

**Articles from AdLit.org **:

 * ====== Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas: Getting to the Core of Middle and High School Improvement  ======
 * ====== Teaching Content Knowledge and Reading Strategies in Tandem  ======

English Language Arts:
Reading complex literary texts offers unique opportunities for students to wrestle with some of the core ethical dilemmas that we face as human beings. The growth of ethical reasoning is one of the most compelling reasons for schools to develop students' capacities to read complex works of literature. Students who enter high school as struggling readers are quite capable of engaging with such texts, in part because these same students are often wrestling with complex challenges in their own lives.
 * Literature research and resources from AdLit.org
 * English Language Arts Q & A and Lesson Plans from the CCSSO Adolescent Literacy Toolkit

**Social Studies:** The ability to read historical documents including contemporary explications about societal, economic and political issues provides a direct link to literacy as preparation for citizenship. As in the other disciplines, schools are unique sites for youth across class and ethnic boundaries to learn to read such documents and to develop the skills to engage in such reading for college and career success.
 * History research and resources from AdLit.org
 * Social Studies Q & A and Lesson Plans from the CCSSO Adolescent Literacy Toolkit

Science:
The demands of comprehending scientific text are discipline specific and are best learned by supporting students in learning how to read a wide range of scientific genres. Besides text structures emphasizing cause and effect, sequencing and extended definitions, as well as the use of scientific registers, evaluating scientific arguments requires additional skill sets for readers.
 * Science research and resources from AdLit.org
 * Science Q & A and Lesson Plans from the CCSSO Adolescent Literacy Toolkit

Mathematics:
Of all the academic disciplines taught in middle and high school, the one we least expect to entail reading extended texts is in mathematics, but math texts present special literacy problems and challenges for young readers.
 * Mathematics research and resources from AdLit.org
 * Mathematics Q & A and Lesson Plans from the CCSSO Adolescent Literacy Toolkit

**Content Area Reading:**

 * Good Reading on the Web --** links to student text, magazines and articles to use with students grades 5-12
 * [[file:Good Reading on the Web 2009.xls]]
 * [[file:Good Reading on the Web 2009.pdf]]
 * [[file:Kids_Web_Websites.pdf]]


 * Graphic Organizers for Text Structure:** [[file:graphic organizers with signal words-1.doc]]


 * Text Structure Charts:** [[file:text str chart w-frames2.pdf]] [[file:Signal Word Chart-Rev.pdf]] [[file:Text Structure Frames -full set.pdf]]


 * How to Read a Textbook Page:** [[file:How to Read Textbook.pdf]]