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For Kylene Beers, the question of what to do when kids can't read surfaced in 1979 when she met and began teaching a boy named George. When George's parents asked her to explain why he couldn't read and how she could help, Beers, a secondary certified English teacher with no background in reading, realized she had little to offer. That moment sent her on a twenty-three-year search for answers to the question: How do we help middle and high schoolers who can't read? Now, she shares what she has learned and shows teachers how to help struggling readers with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation. Filled with student transcripts, detailed strategies, reproducible material, and extensive booklists, Beers' guide to teaching reading both instructs and inspires.… (more)
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It is very useful for college students and teachers. It explains real life situations
Use and appropriateness in a HS classroom (teaching material): This book is more of an invaluable resource to teachers who are baffled about what to do when they have even just one low-level reader in their classroom. Beers provides both methods and activities to encourage better reading, including reading for enjoyment, though some activities may not be appropriate for high schoolers. Most activities can be easily adapted for different reasons, including skill level or subject differences. Many of these methods and activities are even appropriate for a whole class of mixed-level students, because what helps a low-level reader is most likely going to help out a higher-level reader as well.
A full course in teaching dependent readers to be independent and skillful readers. Worth close study. Clear and thorough.