Starting Out presents feasible classroom practices for teaching middle and high school students who struggle as readers and writers. Respected authors, David Moore and Kathleen Hinchman, provide sound advice on how to address the fundamentals of teaching adolescents. This affordable long-awaited book is a practical down-to-earth guide written in easy-to-read prose.Ideal for today's busy teachers, it emphasizes the important first steps to take during the first few days and weeks of a class. Just in time in an era of teacher shortages, this book is a welcome addition and a must-have for people entering the profession with abbreviated preparation and, for the first time, encountering adolescents who struggle with literacy.For beginning secondary school educators concerned about designing a literacy plan for those who frequently struggle with academics.