Research demonstrates that explicitly teaching reading strategies and making visible what "good readers do" positively impacts the reading skills of all students and helps close the achievement gap (Rupley, Blair, & Nichols, 2009; Biancarosa, C., & Snow, C. E., 2006).
Specifically, there are 9 instruction strategies that support adolescents' literacy growth and development:
References
Biancarosa, C., & Snow, C. E. (2006). Reading next—A vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy: A report to Carnegie Corporation of New York (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.
Rupley, W. H., Blair, T. R., & Nichols, W. D. (2009, March 25). Effective reading instruction for struggling readers: The role of direct/explicit teaching, reading. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 25(2-3), 125-138. doi: 10.1080/10573560802683523