READING HISTORY
A Practical Guide to Improving Literacy
Book with reproducible pages
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Author Janet Allen, a leading authority on translating literacy acquisition theory into practice, guides teacher and co-author Christine Landaker in applying "best practices" in her eighth grade history class.
Among specific strategies discussed and modeled: Admit Slip, Book Pass, Here and Now, Skimming and Scanning, Writing to Learn, List-Group-Label, Predict-O-Gram, Story Impressions, Anticipation Guide, Concept Ladder, Questions Game, ReQuest, Exclusion Brainstorming, Outline, Story Map, Webbing, R.E.A.P., RAFT, and SPAWN. One appendix includes reproducible graphic organizers; another recommends titles for theme-based classroom libraries.
| Copyright | 2005 |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 160 |
| Grade | 5–12 |
| ISBN | 9780195165968 |