reading (secondary)

Describes strategies teachers can use to help their students understand the reading in any curriculum area, and includes examples and stories from high school classrooms, and examples of student work.

Offers information and strategies for teachers on how to help students in grades six through twelve who have trouble with reading comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation.

Contains forty reproducible mini-lessons, ranging from five to twenty minutes in length, designed to motivate middle and high school students to read and to impress upon them the importance of reading.

Offers practical and theoretical information on how to teach and read different types of media including Internet materials, textbooks, tests, literature, information, and images, each with background, standards and classroom connections, and resources. Includes a Web site link.

Contains strategies for the seven through twelve classroom that includes critical thinking and problem solving skills, writing, researching, and organizing ideas, and approaches to reasoning and creativity.

Chronicles the teaching experiences of Janet Allen, and gives suggestions for helping students who are considered "at risk" learn to like school and take an active role in creating their own curriculum.