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The Adolescent Literacy KnowledgeBase

This KnowledgeBase archive includes content and external links that were accurate and relevant as of September 30, 2019.

The Writing Successful Grants KnowledgeBase is an online resource aiding education professionals in their pursuit of public and private grants to support local programs. Its five elements contain information and resources that assist the grant seeker with developing their project, writing the grant proposal and managing the grant upon its award.

Task 2: Apply to Literature

Guideline: Fourth and fifth grade teachers play an important role in the early adolescent student's continuing literacy development. Possessing an awareness of literacy within literature instruction will enable those teachers to enhance their instructional strategies.


Resources

TOOLS

Adolescent Literacy Toolkit

This link to the Council of Chief State School Officers' Adolescent Literacy Toolkit provides resources for states and high school content area teachers.

 

Comprehension Strategies

This page at AdLit.org contains a library of comprehension strategies teachers can use in the classroom before, during, and after reading a text.

 

ReadWriteThink

This link is to ReadWriteThink, a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation. This website includes lessons (by grades, title, or literacy connection), student materials, and resources.

References

Bringing Literacy Strategies into Content Instruction

As noted in its introduction, this Center on Instruction document "provides research-based guidance on academic literacy instruction in the content areas." The vignettes offered provide examples of how literacy instruction can be integrated into content area instruction.

 

Children, Teens, and Reading

This link to the Common Sense Media website provides a research brief studying reading rates among children and teens in the United States.

 

Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers

This link to the former Center on Instruction website provides resources designed to guide the delivery of instruction for adolescent struggling readers. It is also intended to enhance technical assistance providers' knowledge and their work with state departments of education and districts.

 

Interventions for Adolescent Struggling Readers: A Meta-Analysis with Implications for Practice

This Center on Instruction document provides educators research-based guidance for intervening with struggling adolescent readers.