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

Guideline:

Middle and high school teachers play an important role in the adolescent student's continuing literacy development. Possessing an awareness of how to address literacy within literature will enable middle and high school teachers to enhance their literacy instruction 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 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.

Practical Tips Reading Strategies _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link to the Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science and Reading offers a compilation of reading strategies aimed at the adolescent student. Though focused on the Ohio Academic Content Standards, the basic strategies may be useful to all middle and high school teachers.

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 From State Policy to Classroom Practice: Improving Literacy Instruction for All Students _EXTERNAL_LINK

This National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) document addresses moving state-level literacy instruction policy to classroom practice.

References Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the Alliance for Excellent Education's report Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas: Getting to the Core of Middle and High School Improvement. It discusses multiple aspects of adolescent literacy development from achieving basic reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills to more advanced literacy skills that will enable middle and high school students succeed in academic content areas.

References Reading in the Disciplines: The Challenges of Adolescent Literacy _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the Carnegie Corporation of New York's report addressing adolescent literacy in the content areas. The report discusses the following content areas: science, mathematics, literature, and history.

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