Reading for Academic Success : Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers, Grades 7-12

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ISBN: 9780761978343 | 0761978348
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/19/2002

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Through specific examples, real-life scenarios, and diagrams, this book vividly conveys the most fundamental and effective tactics for boosting reading proficiency while enhancing student and teacher performance.

Preface: The A+ Reader

vii

But I'm Not a Reading Teacher! Why Does Reading Matter to Me?

vii

Can We Really Improve Reading in Secondary School?

viii

How This Book Is Organized

About the Authors

The Challenge of Textbook Reading

(36)

Overcoming the Image of the Textbook

(2)

Strategies for Developing Effective Textbook Readers

(20)

Applications to Specific Content Areas

(7)

Strategies for Struggling Readers

(6)

Becoming a Thoughtful Note Maker

(25)

Note Making, Attention, and Comprehension: A Vital Connection

(2)

Thoughtful Note Making: The Difference Between Aha! and Blah

(2)

Strategies for Creating Thoughtful Note Makers

(15)

Applications to Specific Content Areas

(3)

Strategies for Struggling Note Makers

(2)

Managing and Mastering Vocabulary

(19)

Strategies for Connecting with New Vocabulary

(1)

Strategies for Organizing New Vocabulary

(2)

Strategies for Deep Processing of New Vocabulary

(6)

Strategies for Exploring Core Vocabulary

(2)

Applications to Specific Content Areas

(4)

Strategies for Struggling Readers

(1)

Reading Beyond the Information Given: Thinking and Reading in the Content Areas

(29)

This Is Not Your Grandfather's Standardized Test

(2)

Strategies for Deepening Student Reading

(17)

Applications to Specific Content Areas

101

(4)

Strategies for Struggling Readers

105

(5)

Turning Questions Into Quests

110

(24)

Strategies for Powerful Questioning

113

(12)

Applications to Specific Content Areas

125

(6)

Strategies for Struggling Readers

131

(3)

The Reading-Writing Connection

134

(21)

The Power of Writing About Reading

135

(1)

How to Make Student Journals Come to Life

136

(1)

Strategies for Writing to Read

137

(12)

Applications to Specific Content Areas

149

(4)

Strategies for Struggling Writers

153

(2)

Reading Styles: The Key to Reading Success

155

(18)

Why Are Reading Styles Important?

158

(1)

Teaching to Students' Reading Styles

159

(2)

Teaching With Reading Styles

161

(5)

Teaching About Reading Styles

166

(1)

Applications to Specific Content Areas

167

(1)

Strategies for Struggling Readers

168

(5)

References

173

(6)

Index

179

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Reading for Academic Success : Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers, Grades 7-12

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