Adolescent Literacy
Books
Online Texts
International Reading Association Resources
Strategic Literacy Initiative
Writings by Adolescents
Books
Reading for Understanding, Ruth Schoenbach, Cynthia Greenleaf, Christine Cziko, and Lori Hurwitz, Jossey-Bass, 1999.
Lessons from Reading Apprenticeship Classrooms, Grades 6–12, Audrey Fielding, Ruth Schoenbach, Marean Jordan (Eds.), Jossey-Bass, 2003.
An Anthology for Reading Apprenticeship, Audrey Fielding and Ruth Schoenbach (Eds.), Jossey-Bass, 2003.
What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs, Richard Allington, Pearson, 2006.
Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader’s Workshop, Ellin Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmermann, Heinemann, 1997.
You Gotta Be the Book: Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading With Adolescents, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm and Michael W. Smith, Teachers College Press, 1996.
Strategic Reading: Guiding Students to Lifelong Literacy, 6–12, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Tanya Baker, and Julie Dube, Heinemann, 2001.
Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Scholastic, 2001.
I Read It, but I Don’t Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers, Cris Tovani, Stenhouse, 2000.
When Kids Can’t Read, What Teachers Can Do, Kylene Beers, Heinemann, 2003.
In the Middle: Writing, Reading, and Learning with Adolescents (2nd ed.), Nancie Atwell, Boynton/Cook, 2000.
Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom, Harvey Daniels, Stenhouse, 1994.
Questioning the Author: An Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement with Text, Isabel L. Beck, Margaret McKeown, Rebecca L. Hamilton, Linda Kucan, International Reading Association, 1997.
Guiding Readers and Writers, Grades 3-6: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, Heinemann, 2001.
Invitations: Changing as Teachers and Learners K-12, Regie Routman, Heinemann, 1994.
Online Texts
Literacy in America, Book magazine, September/October 2002
Adolescent Literacy, Voices in Urban Education, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Winter/Spring 2004
The Fourth Grade Plunge, complete issue of American Educator, American Federation of Teachers,. Spring 2003
International Reading Association Resources
Focus on Adolescent Literacy IRA position statement, books, articles, lesson plans, research updates, online forums.
Literacy Study Groups Professional development materials on adolescent literacy, beginning reading, vocabulary and reading comprehension
IRA journals Print: The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adult & Adolescent Literacy. Online: Reading Online.
Strategic Literacy Initiative
Strategic Literacy Initiative Reading Apprenticeship Books, articles, presentations, lesson plans, research reports