Transforming reading skills in the secondary school : simple strategies for improving literacy

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• PART Ⅰ Promoting reading in the secondary school = 1
• Introduction = 3
• 1 Overcoming barriers to reading development = 4
• Undiagnosed medical problems = 4
• Limited language skills = 6
• A restricted vocabulary = 7
• A poor general knowledge = 11
• Issues with attention = 11
• Assumed developmental delay = 12
• A specific learning style = 13
• Limitations of memory = 14
• 2 Effective support in withdrawal lessons = 17
• Student reading questionnaires = 18
• Reading mentors = 19
• Training reading volunteers／mentors from the local community = 20
• Appropriate approaches the mentors should take = 21
• Suitable resources for use with secondary readers = 22
• How to encourage and prompt readers = 24
• Developing the student's comprehension = 26
• 3 Improving reading through mainstream lessons = 29
• Ensuring the readability of subject texts matches student's reading age = 29
• Supporting students' reading of non-fiction reading material = 31
• Developing comprehension = 33
• Different ways to support reading comprehension = 35
• Extending understanding of subject vocabulary = 40
• Increasing student reading speed = 42
• 4 Whole school reading events = 45
• Increasing student motivation = 45
• Holding reading events = 48
• Strengthening home-school links = 49
• Raising the profile of the school library = 51
• Promoting reading in the form room = 53
• Organising whole school initiatives = 54
• 5 Stand alone reading lessons = 55
• Lesson 1 : Reading habits and reading techniques = 55
• Lesson 2 : Generic vocabulary = 58
• Lesson 3 : General knowledge = 63
• Lesson 4 : Reading speed = 65
• Lesson 5 : Reading comprehension = 67
• Lesson 6 : Subject-specific vocabulary = 69
• PART Ⅱ Practical exercises, advice sheets and hand-outs to support staff, parents, carers and students = 73
• 6 Advice Sheets = 75
• Advice Sheet 1 : Advice for parents - hearing your child read = 76
• Advice Sheet 2 : Advice for parents - reading with your child = 78
• Advice Sheet 3 : Advice for parents - suggestions for suitable reading resources = 79
• Advice Sheet 4 : Assessment of vocabulary and general knowledge = 80
• Advice Sheet 5 : Developing active reading - advice for mainstream teachers = 81
• Advice Sheet 6 : Games and activities to support the development of subject vocabulary = 82
• Advice Sheet 7 : Generic reading comprehension exercises for PHSE and study skills lessons = 87
• Advice Sheet 8 : Promoting reading in the form room = 88
• Advice Sheet 9 : Resources to support students' reading in withdrawal lessons = 89
• Advice Sheet 10 : Slow reading : why it happens and how to help individual readers = 92
• Advice Sheet 11 : Student advice sheet - how to improve your comprehension = 94
• Advice Sheet 12 : Using newspapers as a reading resource = 95
• Glossary = 96
• References and resources = 98
• Index = 99