Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Literacy in middle and secondary schools -- Literacy processes: Thinking, reading and writing -- Comprehension instruction in contents areas -- Vocabulary learning in content areas -- Reading across the curriculum -- Writing across the curriculum -- Assessment of student progress in subject area reading and writing -- Evaluating intsructional materials -- Cooperative/ collaborative learning, literacy instruction and content learning -- Diversity in the classroom: Meeting the needs of all students -- Teaching bilingual/ bicultural students in multilingual/ multiculural settings -- Developing lifelong readers and writers -- Appendix: lesson plans.