The nature of literacy and today's students -- Evaluation -- Fostering emergent/early literacy -- Teaching phonics, high-frequency words, and syllabic analysis -- Building vocabulary -- Comprehension : theory and strategies -- Comprehension : text structures and teaching procedures -- Reading and writing in the content areas and study skills -- Reading literature -- Approaches to teaching reading -- Writing and reading -- Diversity in the literacy classroom : adapting instruction for english language and at-risk learners ; Creating and managing a literacy program.