Decoding 6-12 1E

"That¿s an elementary problem" is no longer an answer.
Every middle and high school has them: students who can decode the words but not navigate the dense sentences, specialized vocabulary, and multi-source arguments of secondary coursework. Their struggles are often dismissed as unfinished elementary business. Yet secondary literacy requires its own instruction, and many students have never received explicit instruction in those demands.
Decoding to Discourse, 6-12 is an MTSS playbook for closing that gap. Organized around the seven interconnected domains of academic vocabulary, sentence craft, text structure, evidence and argument, synthesis, writing process, and metacognition, it offers 154 classroom-ready strategies for teachers, coaches, and interventionists. Practitioner-scholar Dr. Anthony Fitzpatrick helps educators

• Pinpoint why adolescent readers struggle, from syntax and morphology to comprehension
• Use four Literacy Bridges to connect foundational skills to disciplinary literacy
• Move students from Surface to Deep to Transfer learning with tiered strategies
• Build a shared literacy vocabulary across grade levels and departments
• Teach syntax, evidence use, argument, and synthesis in any content area

A companion to the K-5 volume that also stands on its own, Decoding to Discourse, 6-12 helps middle and secondary educators teach students to read complex texts, write with precision, and use evidence to reason across subjects.

Foreword
Introduction
DOMAIN 1 Academic Language and Vocabulary
Pillar 1.1 - Vocabulary
Pillar 1.2 - Morphology
Pillar 1.3 - Knowledge Building and Schema Development
Pillar 1.4 - Oral Language and Academic Discourse
Pillar 1.5 - Fluency and Prosody
DOMAIN 2 Sentence and Paragraph Craft
Pillar 2.1 - Syntax and Sentence Control
Pillar 2.2 - Appositives, Clauses, and Concision
Pillar 2.3 - Paragraph Craft and Cohesion
DOMAIN 3 Text Structure and Comprehension
Pillar 3.1 - Literary and Narrative Comprehension
Pillar 3.2 - Information and Argumentative Comprehension
DOMAIN 4 Evidence and Argument
Pillar 4.1 - Evidence Integration and Commentary
Pillar 4.2 - Argument, Counterclaim, and Logic
DOMAIN 5 Synthesis and Multi-text Literacy
Pillar 5.1 - Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Citation
Pillar 5.2 - Synthesis and Multi-text Writing
DOMAIN 6 Writing Process and Conventions
Pillar 6.1 - Planning, Outlining, and Argument Structure
Pillar 6.2 - Revision, Audience, and Feedback
Pillar 6.3 - Research and Publication
Pillar 6.4 - Grammar, Syntax, and Style
DOMAIN 7 Metacognition and Bridges
Pillar 7.1 - Metacognitive and Higher-order Thinking
Pillar 7.2 - Morphology-Syntax-Comprehension Bridge
Pillar 7.3 - Syntax-Fluency for Comprehension Bridge
Pillar 7.4 - Metacognition and Transfer Bridge
The Continuum