Straightforward,affordable,andpractical,ImprovingAdolescentLiteracygivesallmiddleandsecondaryschoolteachersinstructionalroutinesthatwillallowthemtodevelopthecontentliteracyskillsoftheirstudents.Chapter-openingvignettesfromactualclassroomsshowreaderseffectiveteachinginactionandgivethemalookathowthechapter'sinstructionalapproachworkswithincontentareateaching.Research-basedrationalesforeachstrategyfollowthevignettesandprovideanin-depthlookathowtoimplementthestrategy,alongwithexamplesofeachstrategyacrossthecurriculum.Inthis5thEdition,theauthorsprovidenewclassroomexamplesfromtheircolleaguesacrossthedisciplinesaswellasnewinstructionalroutinesthathavebeenresearchedandvalidatedsincethepublicationofthelastedition.Also,thiseditionhasbeenre-organized,addingthreenewchapters,tofocusonthewaysinwhichteacherscanusereading,writing,speaking,andlisteningintheirclasses,emphasizingreadingandcomprehendingtexts,creatinggraphicorganizers,developingvocabularyknowledge,andwritingtolearn.