The goals of this book
Who this book is for
What this book is not
Overview of the contents
A new feature
The challenge
Acknowledgements
About the author
Reading achievement : where do we stand?
Raising achievement expectations
The state of reading achievement in the nation
The response of educators
The state of reading achievement in the States
Roadblocks to raising achievement in middle and high schools
The responsibility of school leaders
Reflection and discussion questions
Focus on changing what you can change
Change the educational paradigm
Change how goals are set
Change how teachers teach
Change the curriculum and how it is chosen
Change the alignment of the curriculum
Change the amount of time allocated to reading instruction
Change where strategic reading instruction is provided
Change how learning is assessed
Change expectations for students
Change how professional development is provided
Reflection and discussion questions
Teach the students who can't read how to read
How children learn to read : a short lesson
Failing to learn
Programs to remediate struggling secondary students
Find the students in special education who can't read and teach them to read
Reflection and discussion questions
Teach every student how to read to learn
Reading to learn and cognitive strategies
The strategic teacher
How to teach cognitive strategies
Reciprocal teaching
Transactional strategies instruction
Reading to learn and vocabulary development
Reading to learn and knowledge acquisition
How we can engage more students in reading to learn
Cognitive strategy instruction at alief hastings high school
Reflection and discussion questions
Motivate every student to read in the zone
The value of reading a lot
Reading in "the zone"
The importance of reading challenging fiction and nonfiction
The importance of accountability
Portfolios
Reading journals
Book reviews
Essays
Personal anthologies
Every-pupil response activities
Motivating students to read a lot
Engaging students in reading
The right kind of teachers
Skills to read with confidence and success
The right kind of books
Opportunities for directed and focused silent reading during the school day
The promotion of books by every teacher
Superior library/media services
Reflection and discussion questions
Create a reading culture in your school
Pay attention to the basic beliefs and core values of stakeholders
Determine what needs to be changed
Identify the roadblocks to change
Hire a strong (assertive) instructional leader
What does it take to be an assertive leader?
Assess the principal's instructional leadership
Hold everyone accountable
Make a plan
Don't forget the parents and kids
Assess for learning
Apply academic press and be instructionally tenacious
Getting the job done at Griffin middle school
Reflection and discussion questions
Resource A.: Assessment tools
Resource A.1: Pre-reading assessment form
Resource A. 2: Pre-reading assessment key
Resource A. 3: Post-reading assessment form
Resource A. 4: post-reading assessment key
Resource B.: Programs for learning to read in secondary school
Benchmark program
Corrective reading
Higher order thinking skills (hots)
Language!?
Lindamood-Bell learning processes
Reading is fame
Reasoning and writing
Rewards (reading excellence: word attack and rate development strategies)
The Spalding method
Spelling through morphographs
Resource C.: Creating a strong reading culture : a process exercise.
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Raising reading achievement in middle and high schools : five simple-to-follow strategies by Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins. ISBN 9781412924351. Published by Corwin in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
