Older Students and Literacy

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"Assisting Struggling Readers in Building Vocabulary and Background Knowledge"
Judith L. Irvin
National Council of Teachers of English, May 2001
(http://www.ncte.org/pdfs/subscribers-only/vm/0084-may01/VM0084Assisting.pdf)

This article explores the role of vocabulary and background knowledge in reading comprehension at the secondary level.

"Effective Reading Instruction: What Does It Look Like"
Educational Research Service (ERS)
On the Same Page Series, 2001
(http://www.ers.org/otsp/otsp4.htm)

This article presents current research on effective reading instruction at the intermediate, middle school, and high school levels. Special attention is focused on helping struggling readers.

"Eliminating a 'Yes, But' Curriculum"
Janet Allen
Principal Leadership, October 2001
(http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4002/
is_200110/ai_n8960267)

The author of this article contends that "by listening to what [middle and high school] students want to read and modeling effective teaching strategies, educators can teach students to love reading."

"Integrating Literature into Middle School Reading Classrooms"
Jerry Johns and Susan J. Davis
ERIC Digest, 1990
(http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed316853.html)

This ERIC Digest presents practical suggestions for infusing literature and drama into the classroom to motivate middle-school students to read and learn. 

"Motivating Reluctant Adolescent Readers: Strategies for National Service Tutors"
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
The Tutor, 2000
(http://www.nwrel.org/learns/tutor/win2000/win2000.PDF)

This article developed for National Service Tutors presents strategies for "awakening a young person to the expansive world of print information, literature, and the infinite possibilities of reading, writing, and talking." 

"NEA Poll on Reading Habits of Adolescents"
National Education Association, 2001
(http://www.nea.org/readingmatters/readpoll.html)

This article outlines a poll administered in February 2001 to a national cross section of 509 young Americans, ages 12 to18, on their reading habits and preferences.

"Reading Aloud -- Are Students Ever Too Old?"
Education World, 2001
(http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr081.shtml)

This article contends that even high school students benefit from being read to aloud.

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