151 The Urban High School's Challenge: Ensuring Literacy for Every Child Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: Solid early literacy instruction is invaluable and often untangles reading problems that would otherwise ultimately sabotage later reading, but some children who learn to read in the early years do not make the leap from "learning to read" to "reading to learn" as they move into adolesence. We live in a society in which the... 152 Classroom Strategies for Exploring Realism and Authenticity in Media Messages Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: There is growing acceptance that literacy encompasses how we "read" the world and draw meaning from it. This view of literacy includes nontraditional sources such as the media.... 153 Reading on the Internet: The Link Between Literacy and Technology Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: Many of today's students have instant access to a flood of information through the internet. The internet with its obvious links between reading, research and technology, is generating discussion about what it means to be literate in our 21st century society.... 154 Opportunities for Teenagers to Share Their Writing Online Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This article describes a private, not for profit, literacy-based website (TeenLit.com) that has been deemed one of the best websites for teen writers. The author and her friend, two secondary teachers in Michigan, created this website to provide an authentic place for teen writers to form, thrive, publish and communicate with an audience.... 155 Spelling and Students with Learning Disabilities Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–12 Professional Commentary: Students with learning or reading disabilities often have difficulty spelling. The same difficulties they experience with reading impact their ability to spell.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 156 "Will This Be on the Test?!" Literacy and Assessment in High School English Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: The first of two classroom vignettes in this month's (March/April 2005) AdLIT In Perspective is Colleen Ruggieri's "'Will This Be on the Test?' Literacy and Assessment in High School English." The author highlights strategies and provides insights for assessment: Positive Results with Pre-Assessment, K-W-L-R Charts, Anticipation Guides, Making Meaning by Marking the Text, Double-entry Diaries, and From Study Guides to Comprehension Construction. (author/ebm) 157 Show Me the Thinking: Making Comprehension Instruction Visible Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: "Explicit Comprehension Strategies" is the theme of the May 2005 issue of Adolescent Literacy In Perspective, and features teacher and author Cris Tovani explaining how to make reading comprehension instruction visible in the adolescent classroom. In her article, "Show Me the Thinking: Making Comprehension Instruction Visible," Tovani considers what teachers and students want to know, and asks targeted questions: What causes readers to lose track of their thinking while reading? How do readers get their thinking back on track? How can teachers help all the different levels of students in their classes? How can those “voices in the head” be used to help students do a better job of monitoring their own comprehension? (author/emunger) Projects: Writing 6-12 158 New Lexington: A High School That Reads Together Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: In this classroom vignette, two teachers share how New Lexington High School improved its reading scores on the Ohio Graduation Test by implementing a program focusing on improving students' reading abilities. An explanation of the decision-making process, the materials needed, the implemenation, and reading strategies used provide the focus for this discussion.... 159 Making Time for Struggling Adolescent Readers Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: In this classroom vignette, West Union High School teacher Dollie Willis (intervention specialist) shares her experience with using a variety of reading strategies. She talks especially about multisensory methods and how she's used them when working with her reading-disabled students.... Projects: Writing 6-12 160 Filling the Classroom with Possibilities: Using Writing and Talk to Help Students Read Beyond Plot Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: Franki Sibberson's "Filling the Classroom with Possibilities: Using Writing and Talk to Help Students Read Beyond Plot" is the featured article (February 2007) of AdLIT's In Perspective. Sibberson, who teaches 4th and 5th grade, shares with teachers reading strategies that work well with read-alouds.... Projects: Writing 6-12 |