Topic 8: Adolescent Literacy

Topic 8: Adolescent Literacy

Reading Out of Context: "But there was something missing," Walter Dean Myers

Alvermann, D. E. (2001). Effective literacy instruction for adolescents. Executive

Summary and Paper Commissioned by the National Reading Conference. Chicago, IL: National Reading Conference.

Biancarosa, C., & Snow, C. E. (2006). Reading next – A vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy: A report to Carnegie corporation of New York (2^nd ed.). Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.

Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007). Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools – A report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education

Lewis, C. (1999). Teaching literature to adolescents. Reading Research Quarterly, 34(1),

114-127.