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From the ORC Collection More Resources on When Adolescents
Can't and Won't Read
Here are some resources from the ORC collection related to this month's theme, When
Adolescents Can't and Won't Read:
| I Read It, but I Don't Get It [excerpt]: Chapter 1, "Fake Reading" |   | ORC# 1327 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/0089ch01.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 6 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This chapter from I Read It, but I Don't Get It offers practical ideas for engaging and motivating struggling readers. Written by Cris Tovani, an accomplished teacher and staff developer, the text documents the challenges of working with students who have mastered the art of "fake reading" and who struggle with the different demands of high school level textbooks and novels.... | | CAREER FIELDS: General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, Standards First | | MORE... |
| Supporting Student Achievement in Literacy Project: A Literature Review | | ORC# 3650 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.reaching-higher.org/Files/LiteratureReview.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 6 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This literature review examines thirty years of research studies, then explores specifically those factors that affect contextual literacy development: gender, motivation, instructional strategies, engagement, parent involvement, and media and technology. This article, too, defines a pressing need for a literacy agenda that recognizes the developmental nature of reading and writing across all age groups and not one that is preoccupied almost totally with the literacy learning of young children.... | | CAREER FIELDS: Education & Training, General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS, Standards First | | MORE... |
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| Improving Literary Understanding Through Classroom Conversation | | ORC# 789 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://cela.albany.edu/env.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 1 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: Drawn from the research of Judith Langer at the Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA), this resource examines how students think when they discuss literature and offers ideas on how to use classroom discourse to deepen students' thinking. The resource begins with an overview of the research study and a list of guiding questions, which serves as a model for students to use during classroom discussions in posing their own questions.... | | CAREER FIELDS: General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, Standards First | | MORE... |
| Making Reading a Cool Thing: Once Upon a Time | | ORC# 144 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/literacypapers/draper... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: In this professional article, accomplished Ohio educator and author Sharon Draper discusses the importance of independent reading and offers ideas for promoting the love of reading. Draper challenges schools and communities to work intensely and collaboratively to encourage young people to read more.... | | CAREER FIELDS: General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, Standards First | | MORE... |
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