Teaching reading in high school English classes / edited by Bonnie O. Ericson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ericson, Bonnie O.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Secondary)--United States.

Reading (Secondary).

United States.

Literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

Literature.

Literature--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Physical Description:

xvii, 164 pages P: illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana, IL. : National Council of Teachers of English, [2001]

Contents:

Foreword: Welcome to the Planet of the Readers / John S. Mayher ix

1. Reading in High School English Classes: An Overview / Bonnie O. Ericson 1

2. Word Matters: Teaching and Learning Vocabulary in Meaningful Ways / Janet S. Allen 23

3. A Literary Transfusion: Authentic Reading-Writing Connections / John Gaughan 33

4. An After-School Reading Intervention Program for Struggling Readers / Linda L. Flammer 48

5. A Twelfth-Grade Reading Class for Struggling Readers / Susan Schauwecker 57

6. If You Build It, They Will Come: A Book Flood Program for Struggling Readers in an Urban High School / Jeff McQuillan, Jeannie Beckett, Lupe Gutierrez, Matthew Rippon, Sue Snyder, Doug Wager, Gregg Williams, Eydie Zajec 69

7. Students Becoming Real Readers: Literature Circles in High School English Classes / Sandra Okura DaLie 84

8. By Any Other Name: Reconnecting Readers in the High School / Teri S. Lesesne, Lois Buckman 101

9. The Place of Young Adult Literature in Secondary Reading Programs / Lois T. Stover 115

10. Picture Books in the High School English Classroom / Carolyn Lott 139

Afterword: Future Directions for Reading in High School / Leila Christenbury 155.

Notes:

"NCTE stock number: 51868-3050."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0814151868

OCLC:

47243978