The following sources provided a basis for compiling the information contained in this guide.  Some of the contents were taken directly from these sources, others were adapted, and many are original, created by classroom teachers of the Poway Unified School District.

Allen, Janet; Words, Words, Words:  Teaching Vocabulary In Grades 4-12, Stenhouse Publishers, 1999. 

Fountas, Irene C., Gay Su Pinnell; Guiding Readers and Writers, Grades 3-6, Heinemann, 2001 

Harp, Bill; The Handbook of Literacy Assessment and Evaluation, 2nd Edition, Christopher-Gordon Publishers Inc., 2000. 

Lenski, Susan; Davis, Mary Ann; Wham, Jerry L. Johns; Reading and Learning Strategies for Middle & High School Students, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1999. 

Moore, David W.; Donna E. Alvermann; Kathleen A. Hinchman;  Struggling Adolescent Readers: A Collection of Teaching Strategies, International Reading Association, 2000. 

Schoenback, Ruth; Cynthia Greenleaf; Christine Cziko; Lori Hurwitz; Jossey-Bass Reading for Understanding, A Guide to Improving Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms, 1999 

Stephens, Elaine C.; Jean E. Brown A Handbook of Content Literacy Strategies:  75 Practical Reading and Writing Ideas, Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc., 2000. 

Valuable Reading Instruction Texts

Allen, Janet;  It’s Never Too Late: Leading Adolescents to Lifelong Literacy, Heinemann, 1995 

Allen, Janet;  Yellow Brick Roads:  Shared and Guided Paths to Independent Reading 4-12, Stenhouse, 2000 

Billmeyer, Ph. D., Rachel and May Lee Barton, M. Ed. McRel;  Teaching Reading in the Content Areas:  If Not Me Then Who?, 1998  

Burke, Jim;  I Hear American Reading:  Why We Read… What We Read, Heinemann, 1999 

California Department of Education;  Strategic Teaching and Learning:  Standards – Based Instruction to Promote Content Literacy in Grades Four Through Twelve, Department of Education, 2000 

Harvey, Stephanie and Anne Goudvis;  Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding, Stenhouse, 2000 

Keene, Ellin Oliver and Susan Zimmermann;  Mosaic of Thought:  Teaching Comprehension in a Reader’s Workshop.  Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1997 ISBN 0-435-07237-4 

Moore, David W and Sharon Arthur; Patricia M. Cunningham and James W. Cunningham  Developing Readers and Writers in the Content Areas K-12, Addison Wesley Longman, 1998 

Jobe, Ron and Dayton-Sakari  Reluctant Readers: Connecting Students and Books for Successful Reading Experiences, Pembroke 1999 

When Kids Can’t Read:  What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12, Heinemann, 2003 

Schulz, Armin R; Supporting Intermediate and Secondary Readers:  Selected Interactive Approaches for Grades 4-12,  Costa Mesa:  California Reading Association, 1998 

Tovani, Chris; I Read It, But I Don’t Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers.  Portland:  Stenhouse Publishers, 2000.  ISBN 1-57119-089-X  www.stenhouse.com