“Amidst Familial Gatherings”: Reading Apprenticeship in a Middle School Classroom

Describes Reading Apprenticeship, an approach to adolescent reading improvement in which teachers apprentice students into the strategies skilled readers use. Demonstrates the program at work in one seventh and eighth grade classroom. Discusses four key dimensions of classroom life: social (building community); personal (connecting to reading); cognitive (developing a tool kit); and knowledge-building (tapping resources).