Paving the Way in Reading and Writing: Strategies and Activities to Support Struggling Students in Grades 6-12

Paving the Way in Reading and Writing offers secondaryteachers from across the content areas a structured approach formotivating reluctant and disengaged students to tackle difficultreading and writing assignments and thus boost their potential foracademic success. Drawing on relevant theory and research and theauthor's extensive experience as a teacher and teacher trainer, thebook presents an arsenal of practical instructional strategiesalong with teacher-tested tools, techniques, and activities forhelping students improve their comprehension of informational andliterary text as well as strengthen their written communications.Activities combining reading and writing tasks are emphasized alongwith graphic exercises for engaging the more visually orientedstudents. The book also provides guidance on using the computer asa literacy tool and on improving students' grammar, spelling, andresearch skills. In addition, it offers extensive listings ofweb-based instructional resources.

Larry Lewin, a former teacher, is author of numerous bookson teaching practice and consults nationally to school districts onprofessional development topics.