Adolescent Literacy

For adolescents with reading disabilities, struggles with comprehension are a major obstacle to mastering academic content areas. Help resolve comprehension difficulties with this practical text, developed for use with students in Grades 6 12 with and without disabilities. An ideal supplementary text for preservice special and general educators and a great resource for inservice teachers looking for new comprehension strategies this book is the key to understanding what's behind comprehension struggles and which strategies make a real difference for adolescent readers. Teachers will discover how to improve students' reading comprehension across content areas with specific, evidence-based strategies such as mnemonics that help remember and retrieve important information graphic organizers that highlight key information and clarify abstract concepts The Embedded Story Structure Routine, which teaches self-questioning, story structure analysis, and summary writing Teachers will get complete overviews of each strategy and how-to guidance based on recommended practice. With the proven, research-based strategies in this textbook, educators will be fully prepared to improve adolescents' comprehension skills and ensure that all students are confident, motivated readers.