Product Description

Presents a core of research-based approaches to engaging, effective literacy instruction in the middle grades.

Product Details

• Published on: 2003-03-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 345 pages

Review
'Building upon their collective experience and scholarship, Worthy, Broaddus, and Ivey take us on a theoretically based yet pragmatic journey through the intricacies of teaching students who may have acquired fundamental skills in decoding and comprehension but have yet to develop into skillful, willful, mature readers. For college instructors who teach reading methods courses focused on the upper elementary or middle-school levels - or for those simply interested in the unique dynamics of teaching literacy to preadolescents - this is an essential resource... Presevervice students, practicing teachers, and college instructors will find this to be an engaging, informative work.' - James F. Baumann, PhD, Department of Reading Education, University of Georgia

From the Back Cover
This comprehensive text presents a core of research-based approaches to effective literacy instruction in the middle grades. Methods and materials are described to foster reading skills, content mastery, and writing in different formats and for different purposes. The authors emphasize the need to tailor instruction to the needs, strengths, skill levels, and interests of diverse students. They offer recommendations for reading lists that incorporate critically acclaimed fiction and nonfiction, popular series books, and other student-friendly materials. Special features include case studies, examples of teaching and assessment activities, and commentary from middle-school teachers and students. The appendices also contain reproducible forms and lists of recommended reading materials and resources.