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Best Practices: [explanatory note]
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	Vocabulary Development
	Understanding Text Structures
	Recognizing and Analyzing Discourse Features
	Supporting the English classroom through literacy development
	Supporting the math classroom through literacy development
	Supporting the science classroom through literacy development
	Supporting the social studies classroom through literacy development


Key Component A -- Motivation: A successful adolescent literacy initiative takes into account the diverse cultural, linguistic, social, and emotional needs of adolescents.

	Making Connections to Students' Lives
	Having Students Interact with Each Other and with Text
	Creating Responsive Classrooms

Key Component B -- Strategies:
A successful adolescent literacy initiative uses research-based approaches that meet the needs of diverse adolescent learners.

	Roles of the Teacher
	Reading and Writing
	Speaking and Listening
	An Emphasis on Thinking
	Creating a Student-Centered Classroom

Key Component C --Across the Curriculum:
A successful adolescent literacy initiative supports reading and writing across content areas.

	Vocabulary Development
	Understanding Text Structures
	Recognizing and Analyzing Discourse Features
	Supporting the English classroom through literacy development
	Supporting the math classroom through literacy development
	Supporting the science classroom through literacy development
	Supporting the social studies classroom through literacy development

Key Component D -- Organizational Support:
A successful adolescent literacy initiative relies on key organizational structures and leadership capacity to ensure necessary support, sustainability, and focus.

	Meets the goals for adolescents in that particular community and its various constituents.
	Articulates, communicates, and actualizes a vision of literacy as a priority.
	Utilizes best practices in the area of systemic educational reform.
	Is defined in a way that connects to the larger educational program.
	Involves ongoing support for teacher professional development.
	Has a clear process for program review and evaluation.

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Stories about the best practices in action: [explanatory note]

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High
	Christine Cziko's Freshman English Class, Thurgood Marshall High School (Setting: Urban; Location: San Francisco, CA)
	English Language Learners Share Their Stories, The ArtsLiteracy Project at Central Falls High School (Setting: Urban; Location: Central Falls, RI)
	Fenway High School's Literacy Program (Setting: Urban; Location: Boston, MA)

K-9
	Eulalia Texidor Ortiz's English Language Arts Class at S.U. Bartolomé Javier Petrovitch School (Setting: Rural; Location: Cabo Rojo, PR)

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Resources: An annotated list of resources found on other web sites that relate to the spotlight topic.
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[return]		Practices Each practice includes an explanation ("What is it?"), a brief summary of each story that exemplifies the practice, a research/literature summary, a bibliography of the literature, and a short list of related Web resources.

[return]		Stories Each story offers a feature-style narrative and a set of facts about the site, how they put a given practice into action, and impact.