» I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers
I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers Details
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 428.43
EAN: 9781571100894
ISBN: 157110089X
Label: Stenhouse Publishers
Manufacturer: Stenhouse Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 152
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Studio: Stenhouse Publishers
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I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers Reviews
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Summary: Excellent strategies for remedial to honors students.
Comment: There is something for every type of student here. There are universal strategies from basic reading comprehension to literary analysis. I've always struggled with how to teach inference and analysis to students- I know how I do it, but how do I transfer this knowledge to my students? This book covers the strategies along with the author's personal experiences teaching them in the classroom. Most, if not all, teachers will be able to relate to the author's humorous yet realistic writing style. Student responses to reading are reenacted and I found myself nodding and smirking with the commonalities. The book makes it all come to life.
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Summary: An ABSOLUTE Must for any Adolescent Literacy Teacher
Comment: The information in this book is invaluable to anyone working with adolescents. Tovani's narrative provide practical application of all of the strategies. I immediately tabbed the book for easy reference for use with middle school teachers. EVERY literacy coach needs to own this book! I used one of the activities from the book today to demonstrate reading for a specific purpose, and the teachers immediately said they wanted to use it with their students. This would be an excellent choice for a study group or book club!
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Summary: A key resource for secondary or high school teachers
Comment: Tovani has produced a concise and practical resource for literacy development in high schools. Full of practical ideas based on current knowledge about how we learn, the book is useful to teachers in all subject areas. I have used this book in my work as a school administrator, and now it is a basic textbook in our university secondary teacher education program.
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Summary: Any Teacher Can Benefit From This
Comment: I found that by reading this book, not only did I learn strategies for teaching reading to my students but I also learned how to improve my own reading. The books tells us to remind the kids that even though they arent the best readers, they still have time to be.
This book is a quick read and you are bound to get a greater understanding of how to create a classroom climate that is safe, and provides a place for children to be honest about their learning, confusion and understanding on a text. Reading this boook has given me several lesson plans that will help me teach my students this upcoming year and I feel well-prepared!
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Summary: inspiring
Comment: It's a good book if you are looking for inspiration. Tovani discusses her experience in trying to promote reading in all classrooms. However, I feel that it is more reminiscient than a tool for instruction, although she does offer suggestions to use in the classroom at the end of her chapters.
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Editorial Review for I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers:
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 verve and humor about the challenges of working with students at all levels of achievement—from those who have mastered the art of "fake reading" to college-bound juniors and seniors who struggle with the different demands of content-area textbooks and novels.
Enter Cris' classroom, a place where students are continually learning new strategies for tackling difficult text. You will be taken step-by-step through practical, theory-based reading instruction that can be adapted for use in any subject area. The book features:
- anecdotes in each chapter about real kids with real universal problems. You will identify with these adolescents and will see how these 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. The suggestions can be used in a variety of content areas and grade levels(6-12);
- 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 coding sheets, double entry diaries, and comprehension constructors.
In a time when students need increasingly sophisticated reading skills, this book will provide support for teachers who want to incorporate comprehension instruction into their daily lesson plans without sacrificing content knowledge.
