Supported Literacy for Adolescents: Transforming Teaching and Content Learning for the Twenty-First Century

Supported Literacy for Adolescents, written by nationally recognized experts, introduces an innovative and field-tested instructional framework for preparing secondary students to succeed academically in a fast-changing and globally networked world. Filled with examples from science, history, literature, and special education classrooms, the book shows how teachers can enable diverse students, including under-performers, to develop critical thinking and other essential competencies along with the "multi-literacy" tools needed to engage in twenty-first century content learning.Content:
Chapter 1 A New Vision of Adolescent Literacy (pages 1–22):
Chapter 2 Inside the Supported Literacy Framework (pages 23–47):
Chapter 3 Using the Framework to Teach Content: A Science Unit (pages 48–86):
Chapter 4 Teaching Writing to Understand Text: A Fiction Unit (pages 87–115):
Chapter 5 Meaning Making with Special Education Students (pages 116–130):
Chapter 6 Responding to Adolescent Reading Difficulties (pages 131–151):
Chapter 7 Engaging the Whole School in Supported Literacy (pages 152–178):