Resources

Adolescent Literacy
Documents:
Adolescent literacy: A position statement. International Reading Association
(1999).
http://www.reading.org/downloads/positions/ps1036_adolescent.pdf
Adolescents and literacy: Reading for the 21st century. Alliance for Excellent
Education (2003).
http://www.all4ed.org/files/Reading_21stCentury.pdf
Literacy instruction in the content area: Getting to the core of middle and
high school improvement. Alliance for Excellent Education (2007)
http://www.all4ed.org/files/LitCon.pdf
Making writing instruction a priority in Americas middle and high schools.
Alliance for Excellent Education (2007).
http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritPrior.pdf
Reading at risk: How states can respond to the crisis in adolescent literacy.
National Association of State Boards of Education (2005)
http://www.nasbe.org/index.php/file-repository?
func=fileinfo&id=439
Reading next: A vision for action and research in middle and high school
literacy. Alliance for Excellent Education (2006).
http://www.all4ed.org/files/ReadingNext.pdf
Reading to achieve: A governors guide to adolescent literacy. National
Governors Association (2005).
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0510GOVGUIDELITERACY.PDF
Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle
and high schools. Alliance for Excellent Education (2006).
http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritingNext.pdf
Center on Instruction (24 resources)-Grades 4-12
http://www.centeroninstruction.org/resources.cfm?
category=reading&subcategory=&grade_start=4&grade_end=12

Review of Teacher-Led and Computer-Based Intervention Programs:

Language
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/PDF/Language.pdf

Wilson Reading
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/PDF/wilson.pdf
Read Naturally
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/PDF/read_naturally_final.pdf
Project CRISS
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/PDF/CRISS.pdf
Rewards
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/PDF/rewards_report.pdf
North Regional Educational Laboratory-Learning Point

http://www.learningpt.org/literacy/adolescent/intervention.pdf

Books for Professional Development:

Vocabulary:
Allen, Janet. 1999. Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 412. York, Maine:
Stenhouse.
Beck, I., McKeown, M., & Kucan, L. 2002. Bringing Words to Life: Robust
Vocabulary
Instruction. New York: Guilford Press.
Graves, Michael. 2006. The Vocabulary Book: Learning and Instruction.
New York: Teachers
College Press.
Marzano, R. & Pickering, D. 2005. Building Academic Vocabulary: Teachers
Manual. Virginia:
ASCD.
Stahl, Steven. 1999. Vocabulary Development. Brookline, Massachusetts:
Brookline Books.
Cognitive Strategies for Comprehension:
Beers, Kylene. 2003. When Kids Cant Read. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Daniels, H. & Zimmelman, S. 2004. Subjects Matter: Every Teachers Guide
to Content-Area
Reading. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Daniels, H., Zimmelman, S. & Hyde, A. 2005. Best Practice: Todays
Standards for Teaching and
Learning in Americas Schools. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Gallagher, Kelly. 2004. Deeper Reading. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse.

Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. 2000. Strategies That Work. Portland, Maine:

Stenhouse.
Keene, E. & Zimmerman, S., 1997. Mosaic of Thought. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Tankersley, Karen. 2005. Literacy Strategies for Grades 4-12. Virginia:
ASCD.
Tovani, Chris. 2000. I Read It, But I Just Dont Get It. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Tovani, Chris. 2000. Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Wilhelm, Jeffrey. 2001. Strategic Reading: Guiding Students to Lifelong
Literacy 6-12.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Wormeli, Rick. 2005. Summarization in Any Subject. Virginia: ASCD.
Differentiation:
Tomlinson, C. & Eidson, C. 2003. Differentiation in Practice: A Resource
Guide for Differentiating Curriculum. Virginia: ASCD.
Tomlinson, C. 2001. How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability
Classrooms. Virginia:
ASCD.
Wormeli, Rick. 2007. Differentiation from Planning to Practice Grades 6-12.
Westerville, Ohio:
National Middle School Association.
Writing:
Gallagher, K. 2007. Teaching Adolescent Writers.
Graham, S., MacArthur, C. & Fitzgerald, J. 2007. Best Practices in Writing
Instruction. New
York: Guilford Press.
Kirby, D., Kirby, D.L. & Liner, Tom. 2004. Strategies for Teaching Writing.
Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.

Others:
Swaim, S. & Green, N. 2006. Smart in the Middle: Classrooms That Work
for Bright Middle
Schoolers. Westerville, Ohio: National Middle School Association.
Wilhelm, J. 2008. You Gotta Be the Book: Teaching Engaged and Reflective
Reading with
Adolescents. Urbana, IL: NCTE.