Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers

by Cris Tovani

(6-12)
I Read It, But I Don`t Get It is a practical, engaging account of how teachers can help adolescents develop new reading comprehension skills. Cris Tovani is an accomplished teacher and staff developer who writes with energy and humor about the challenges of working with students at all levels of achievement. You will be taken step-by-step through practical, theory-based reading instruction that can be adapted for use in any subject area. This book features:

• anecdotes in each chapter about real kids with real universal problems. You will identify with these adolescents and will see how the problems can be solved
  
• a thoughtful explanation of current theories of comprehension instruction and how they might be adapted for use with adolescents
  
• a What Works section in each of the last seven chapters that offers simple ideas you can immediately employ in your classroom
  
• teaching tips and ideas that benefit struggling readers as well as proficient and advanced readers
  
• appendixes with reproducible materials that you can use in your classroom, including double-entry diaries, comprehension constructors, and coding sheets

(6-12) 140pp.