I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers

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By: Cris Tovani
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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.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Pub. Date: 1st January 2000
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 152
Ean: 9781571100894
Isbn: 157110089X

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USER REVIEWS

Fantastic!
~ Written on Oct 5, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

This book provides excellent strategies and insights for instructing struggling adolescent readers. Gives real-world examples from the author as well as mutliple techniques to use in the classroom or even to teach your own child better reading strategies.

A must read for teachers of all subjects
~ Written on Aug 23, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

This book changed the way I teach on a daily basis. As an 11th grade US history teacher in the Bronx, I was tired of assigning short passages for my students to read and many of them getting nothing from it. Tovani's reading strategies instantly made my students more successful. Talking to them about what good readers do demystified the process and placed the responsibility and power to interpret text back in their hands.

Outstanding service delivering an excellent book
~ Written on Jan 27, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

This is a must buy for anyone who is working with young adults, helping them to truly create meaning from the reading, especially academic, they are required, or choose to read.

Excellent strategies for remedial to honors students.
~ Written on Aug 31, 2008. out of users found this review helpful.

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.

An ABSOLUTE Must for any Adolescent Literacy Teacher
~ Written on Aug 27, 2008. out of users found this review helpful.

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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