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Tables of Contents for Struggling Adolescent Readers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
6
SECTION 1 Working With Struggling Adolescent Readers
7
50
A Case Study of Middle School Reading Disability
8
11
Darrell Morris
Criss Ervin
Kim Conrad
Reading Rescue: Intervention for a Student ``At Promise''
19
8
Nancy G. Lee
Judith C. Neal
Reflections on Teaching Struggling Middle School Readers
27
12
Gay Ivey
Developing Academic Confidence to Build Literacy: What Teachers Can Do
39
12
Carolyn Colvin
Linda Kramer Schlosser
Hiding Out in Secondary Classrooms: Coping Strategies of Unsuccessful Readers
51
6
William G. Brozo
SECTION 2 Acknowledging Cultural Ties
57
80
Developing Parent Partnerships in Secondary Literacy Learning
58
8
Trevor H. Cairney
A Walk Through Gracie's Garden: Literacy and Cultural Explorations in a Mexican American Junior High School
66
8
William G. Brozo
Paul Cantu Valerio
Minerva M. Salazar
Literature-Based Cognitive Strategy Instruction for Middle School Latina/o Students
74
9
Robert T. Jimenez
Arturo Gamez
Children's Informational Picture Books Visit a Secondary ESL Classroom
83
13
Nancy L. Hadaway
Jane Mundy
Exploring Ethnic-Specific Literature: A Unity of Parents, Families, and Educators
96
11
Nancy Hansen-Krening
Donald T. Mizokawa
Vocabulary Learning With the Verbal-Visual Word Association Strategy in a Native American Community
107
9
Gary Hopkins
Thomas W. Bean
Recycled Words: Holistic Instruction for LEP Students
116
6
Mary E. Blake
Patricia L. Majors
Rock `n' Roll and Horror Stories: Students, Teachers, and Popular Culture
122
6
Cynthia Lewis
The Literature Project: Using Literature to Improve the Self-Concept of At-Risk Adolescent Females
128
9
Darcy E. Miller
SECTION 3 Supporting Classroom Reading
137
60
Reading Comprehension Instruction for At-Risk Students: Research-Based Practices That Can Make a Difference
138
10
James Flood
Diane Lapp
Students With Learning Difficulties Meet Shakespeare: Using a Scaffolded Reading Experience
148
9
Sally Sue Rothenberg
Susan M. Watts
Using Embedded Questions to Jump-Start Metacognition in Middle School Remedial Readers
157
11
Carol Weir
Helping Students Construct Meaning Through Their Own Questions
168
3
Larry Crapse
Rapid Retrieval of Information: Reading Aloud With a Purpose
171
3
Marguerite Green
Vocabulary Teaching and Learning in a Seventh-Grade Literature-Based Classroom
174
15
Janis M. Harmon
On the Question of Teaching Decoding Skills to Older Students
189
8
Nancy C. Lewkowicz
SECTION 4 Supporting Classroom Writing and Inquiry
197
28
Information Charts: A Strategy for Organizing Student Research
198
8
Sally N. Randall
How to Do How-To Books: Real-Life Writing in the Classroom
206
9
Lu Huntley-Johnston
Sherri Phillips Merritt
Lois E. Huffman
Creating Skinny Books Helps Students Learn About Difficult Topics
215
2
Beth Broder Epstein
Writing to Learn in Content Area Reading Class
217
3
Sharon E. Andrews
Spotlighting Specifics by Combining Focus Questions With K-W-L
220
3
Lois E. Huffman
Using Story Frames to Develop Reading Comprehension
223
2
Leslie Anne Oja
SECTION 5 Varying Texts to Meet Students' Interests and Needs
225
50
``On Every Page Someone Gets Killed!'' Book Conversations You Don't Hear in School
226
12
Jo Worthy
Creating the Lifetime Reading Habit in Social Studies
238
6
Joseph Sanacore
The Place of Picture Books in Middle-Level Classrooms
244
7
Terry Miller
Wordless Books: No-Risk Tools for Inclusive Middle-Grade Classrooms
251
6
Judith K. Cassady
Focus on Teenage Parents: Using Children's Literature to Strengthen Teenage Literacy
257
8
Helen L. Johnson
Susanna Pflaum
Ellen Sherman
Patricia Taylor
Patricia Poole
Read-Alouds Reluctant Readers Relish
265
4
Barbara Erickson
The Quick Book Share
269
3
Bruce H. Eldridge
Faculty Book Talks: Adults Sharing Books and Enthusiasm for Reading With Students
272
3
Sharon Morley
SECTION 6 Connecting In-School and Out-of-School Reading
275
52
Family Reading at the Middle School
276
14
Ruth D. Handel
Peer and Cross-Age Tutoring: The Lessons of Research
290
6
Martha D. Rekrut
The Shifting Muffled Sound of the Pick: Facilitating Student-to-Student Discussion
296
6
Sharon Benge Kletzien
Lynda Baloche
Getting Disenchanted Adolescents to Participate in School Literacy Activities: Portfolio Conferences
302
15
Josephine Peyton Young
Samuel R. Mathews
Anne Marie Kietzmann
Todd Westerfield
High School Reading Programs Revisited
317
10
Arlene L. Barry
Subject Index
327