Now in a revised and updated seventh edition reflecting a decade of developments in the field, this established text describes ways to help adolescents develop the literacy practices necessary for successful learning in the disciplines. It offers a research-based framework for fostering essential reading, writing, speaking, and thinking skills, with a focus on culturally responsive pedagogy that leverages adolescents' diverse abilities and backgrounds. Effective approaches to assessment and instruction across content areas—using traditional texts alongside a variety of popular and new media—are presented. Enhancing the text's utility are in-chapter guiding questions, case studies, teaching vignettes, and classroom dialogues.

New to This Edition

• New coauthors Fenice B. Boyd and Chinwe H. Ikpeze contribute their perspectives and expertise.
• Chapter on the pros, cons, and uses of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), plus new sections on AI in many other chapters.
• New and expanded topics: the impacts on adolescents of social media and of the COVID-19 pandemic, broader social and cultural dimensions of literacy, the shift from Common Core to state standards, and more.
• Updated research and case examples.