Adolescent Literacy
Explore resources designed to improve literacy instruction in middle and high school.
- View a visual diagram of all four practices
- Watch a topic overview and download planning templates
- Listen to an expert
Explore the subtopics below to learn more about the recommended practices:
To learn more about the research underlying these practices, view the IES Practice Guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices.
ACCESS Class Weekly Record and Program Overview
Adolescent Literacy > Intensive Intervention > See How It Works
A school teacher uses this template designed by Jim Burke to help students who struggle with reading get organized, motivated, and set weekly academic goals. Learn more about her approach in the...
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Planning for Student Success
Adolescent Literacy > Intensive Intervention > See How It Works
Pocomoke Middle School uses a collaborative assessment approach to ensure high-quality, schoolwide literacy instruction, team monitoring of student progress, and ongoing data sharing among teaching...
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Reciprocal Teaching Roles
Adolescent Literacy > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
This student handout contains a summary of the four Reciprocal Teaching roles that teacher Suzanne Herko refers to at the beginning of Reciprocal Teaching in High School. Related Media and...
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Literature Circles Lesson Plan and Materials
Adolescent Literacy > Text Discussion > See How It Works
This set of materials, provided by Rebecca Wieder, includes a lesson plan for literature circles as well as the following materials for students: a description of student roles in literature...
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Understanding Stories: Questions, Connections, and Visualizations
Adolescent Literacy > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
High school English teacher Lori Manning uses these instructional materials to scaffold student text comprehension. Materials include a list of text comprehension questions; graphic organizers used...
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Graphic Organizer Examples
Adolescent Literacy > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
View a collection of graphic organizers used across grade levels and content areas in middle and high school classrooms. The collection includes examples of visual aids teachers use to help...
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Classroom "Do Now" and "Exit Tickets"
Adolescent Literacy > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
This student handout contains the "Do Now" and "Exit Ticket" exercises that students complete at the beginning and end of Megan Montgomery's social studies class (I Do, We Do, You Do) each day for...
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Four Dimensions of Reading Apprenticeship
Adolescent Literacy > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
The countywide professional development program provided at Saline and Three Fires Middle Schools focuses on implementing and integrating four interacting dimensions of classroom life that support...
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ACCESS Class Vocabulary Chart
Adolescent Literacy > Vocabulary Instruction > See How It Works
A reading intervention teacher, uses this vocabulary chart to provide students with a structure for learning word meaning. Watch the presentation in the "See How" section of the "Intensive...
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Content Area Vocabulary: Activities Packet
Adolescent Literacy > Vocabulary Instruction > See How It Works
View a resource packet illustrating activities and materials used by Pocomoke Middle School staff to teach vocabulary in the content areas, including examples from social studies, math, science,...
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Greek Myths: Vocabulary Lesson, Word List, and Riddle Poems
Adolescent Literacy > Vocabulary Instruction > See How It Works
Download the lesson plan that the seventh-grade language arts teacher follows in the presentation, Greek Myths: Understanding Word Roots and Meanings. A vocabulary word list, word assignment and...
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Middle School Math: Vocabulary Building Lesson and Related Materials
Adolescent Literacy > Vocabulary Instruction > See How It Works
View a lesson plan used by a seventh-grade teacher to integrate vocabulary games into math instruction. Also included are a PowerPoint for teaching math-related vocabulary words and a handout...
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