Transforming Reading Skills in the Secondary School

ebook Simple strategies for improving literacy · nasen spotlight

By Pat Guy

cover image of Transforming Reading Skills in the Secondary School

Sign up to save your library

With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts.

   Not today
Libby_app_icon.svg

Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive.

app-store-button-en.svg play-store-badge-en.svg
LibbyDevices.png

Search for a digital library with this title

Title found at these libraries:

Loading...

Transforming Reading Skills in the Secondary School is a commonsense text designed to help practitioners working in a mainstream context. The book suggests ways to develop the underlying skills necessary for good reading through multiple pathways such as mainstream subject lessons, individual and small group support sessions, whole school initiatives, the use of reading mentors and home-school liaison opportunities. Brimming with ideas and activities, Pat Guy explores a variety of different aspects of reading, including:

  • how reading is taught and why it is such an important skill for the individual
  • how to motivate the reluctant reader
  • the role played by the mainstream & specialist teacher
  • underlying problems pupils may face
  • how to increase parental involvement
  • reasons why a pupil's comprehension might be limited
  • the role of the School Librarian
  • the relevance to reading of vocabulary and general knowledge.
  • Anyone wanting to develop the reading skills of secondary pupils who struggle will find this a resource they return to time and time again.

    Transforming Reading Skills in the Secondary School