Creating literacy-rich schools for adolescents /
Gay Ivey, Douglas Fisher.
- Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2006.
- xviii, 154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: adolescent literacy in perspective -- Reading and writing in English classes -- Transportable and transparent strategies for content literacy instruction -- Time spent "just reading": a nonnegotiable -- Interventions and support for struggling adolescents -- Leadership and schoolwide support for literacy -- Coda: a student's perspective on improving adolescent literacy -- Appendix A: a call to action -- Appendix B: adolescent literacy.