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KnowledgeBases > The Adolescent Literacy KnowledgeBase > Element 4 > Activity 1 > Task 2: Apply to Literature

Guideline:

Fourth and fifth grade teachers play an important role in the early adolescent student's continuing literacy development. Possessing an awareness of literacy within literature instruction will enable those teachers to enhance their instructional strategies.

Tools Adolescent Literacy Toolkit _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link to the Council of Chief State School Officers' Adolescent Literacy Toolkit provides resources for states and high school content area teachers.

Tools Comprehension Strategies _EXTERNAL_LINK

This page at AdLit.org contains a library of comprehension strategies teachers can use in the classroom before, during, and after reading a text. 

Tools ReadWriteThink _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to ReadWriteThink, a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation. This website includes lessons (by grades, title, or literacy connection), student materials, and resources.

References Bringing Literacy Strategies into Content Instruction _EXTERNAL_LINK

As noted in its introduction, this Center on Instruction document "provides research-based guidance on academic literacy instruction in the content areas." The vignettes offered provide examples of how literacy instruction can be integrated into content area instruction. 

References Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers _EXTERNAL_LINK

This Center on Instruction website provides resources designed to guide the delivery of instruction for adolescent struggling readers. It is also intended to enhance technical assistance providers' knowledge and their work with state departments of education and districts.

References Interventions for Adolescent Struggling Readers: A Meta-Analysis With Implications for Practice _EXTERNAL_LINK

This Center on Instruction document provides educators research-based guidance for intervening with struggling adolescent readers.

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