Developing Adolescent Literacy in the Online Classroom

Brooke B. Eisenbach is associate professor of Middle and Secondary Education at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. She is a former middle school English and Young Adult Literature teacher and taught students aged twelve to nineteen within an English I virtual school course.Paula Greathouse is associate professor of Secondary English Education at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN. She is a former secondary ELA and Reading teacher and was the co-creator and teacher of the dropout prevention online English program in her former school district.

• IntroductionCHAPTER 1: Setting the Foundation for a Successful Course: Strategies for Building Relationships and Community CHAPTER 2: Motivating Readers and Writers in the Online ClassroomCHAPTER 3: Uncovering Reading and Writing IdentitiesCHAPTER 4: Getting Ready to Read and WriteCHAPTER 5: Questioning CHAPTER 6: Online Classroom Conversation and CollaborationCHAPTER 7: Engaging Critical Literacies in the Online ClassroomCHAPTER 8: Assessing Reading ComprehensionCHAPTER 9: Engaging in the Writing ProcessCHAPTER 10: Engaging Online Students in Multiple Forms of WritingCHAPTER 11: Conducting Writing Assessments in the Online ClassroomREFERENCESABOUT THE AUTHORS

In Developing Adolescent Literacy in the Online Classroom, the authors have creatively reexamined a variety of teacher favorite literacy tools, methods, and strategies through the lens of online learning. As online and hybrid education continues to expand exponentially, impactful resources like this should be loaded on teacher devices and stacked on bookshelves for educators at every level!