Experiences Working With Adult Learners: A Repertoire of Motivating Reading Strategies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798822937789)

The book is based on the author's experiences working with adult learners as an undergraduate student progressing to teaching a Literacy Training course for graduate and under- graduate students, (a grant funded course) as a professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Like students, adults need to be motivated to read. The author shares engaging ways to work with adult learners to supplement their instruc- tion. Some of the reading/writing strategies included in this book are: - Four-square writing; - Story Starters; - Quick Writes (admit/exit slips); - Graphic Organizers; - Sequence reading; - Fluency Sticks; - Think Alouds; - Retelling; - Word Ladders; -SQ3R