Literacy Programs for Secondary Students



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Literacy Programs for Secondary Students

|Title |Publisher |Interest Level |Grade Level |Overview |

|Contemporary Reader |Jamestown |7-12 |2.5-5 |Features informational selections and comprehension |

| | | | |exercises |

|Focus on Reading |SRA |7-12 |2.5-6.0 |Fictional and informational selections, some by |

| | | | |well-known writers. Comprehension and vocabulary |

| | | | |exercises |

|Great Series |Steck-Vaughn |6-12 |2-4 |Each text features great escapes or great rescues or |

| | | | |other events. Comprehension and vocabulary exercises.|

|High Noon Reading |High Noon |3-12 |1-4+ |Features systematic instruction in decoding and |

| | | | |comprehension |

|Reading Skills for Life |American Guidance |6-12 |1-6 |Includes worktexts, esay readers (at lower levels) |

| |Service | | |and extra practice activities on CD-ROM |

|Reading XL |Scholastic |6-8 |4-7 |Includes reading of trade books as well as |

| | | | |anthologies |

|New Directions in Reading|Houghton Mifflin |5-12 |2-7 |Anthologies of fiction, nonfiction, real-world |

| | | | |reading, and poetry. Skills books with exercises on |

| | | | |comprehension, vocabulary, and word analysis. Writing|

| | | | |component at upper levels |

|Soar to Success |Houghton Mifflin |6-8 | |Features cooperative groups, reading of trade books, |

| | | | |and teaching of comprehension strategies |

Literacy Programs for Adults

|Program |Publisher |Levels |Overview |

|Challenger |New Readers press |1-8 |Focuses on building reading |

| | | |vocabulary and comprehension. Book |

| | | |1 provides a compressed overview of|

| | | |basic decoding. Also has a writing |

| | | |series. |

|Directions |Steck-Vaughn |2-6 |Four-book series builds |

| | | |comprehension and vocabulary |

|Laubach Way to Reading |New Readers Press |1-4 |Uses a strong phonics approach and |

| | | |a variety of materials |

|Reading for Today |Steck-Vaughn |1-6 |Features fiction, informational |

| | | |pieces, and life-coping skills for |

| | | |adults. Includes decoding, |

| | | |comprehension, and writing. |

|Voyager |New Readers press |1-8 |Includes decoding, comprehension, |

| | | |and writing designed for adults. |

Tables from Gunning, T. G. (2002). Assess and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties. Allyn & Bacon.

Annotated Bibliographies of high-interest, low-readability books

• B. Fahey & M. Whalen (1998). Choices: A Core Collection for Young Reluctant Readers, Vol. 4, New York: John Gordon Burke.

• W. G. McBride, High Interest-Easy Reading. A Booklist for Junior and Senior High School Students, 7th Ed. (1996). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

• L. Rosow. (1996). Light ‘N Lively Reads for ESL, Adult and Teen Readers: A Thematic Bibliography. Denver: Libraries Unlimited.

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