Read It Aloud! Using Literature in the Secondary Content Classroom

Shows middle and high school teachers how to use read-alouds from a variety of literary genres in the content areas.

Author Judy Richardson supports the belief that reading aloud is a valuable activity for students of any age, and that reading aloud models expressive, enthusiastic reading; and invites listeners to be readers. Read It Aloud! Using Literature in the Secondary Content Classroom is based on the author's "Read It Aloud" columns from the International Reading Association's Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. This book shows middle school and high school classroom teachers how read-aloud excerpts from a variety of literary genres can be used in the content areas. A Pulitzer Prize winner to teach science? A Newbery Honor book to teach social studies? A best-selling novel to teach math? Read It Aloud! provides activities that promote students' further reading and study in these genres and several others, and offers teaching ideas for special populations such as adult beginning readers and readers with disabilities. Also included are principles for selecting and using read-alouds and suggestions for locating great read-alouds.

Read It Aloud! dispels the myth that reading aloud is useful only for elementary-age children. Use read-alouds with your adolescent students and discover that these readings make the content come alive, make good sense, and are just plain fun.