Teaching Text Structures:a Key to Nonfiction Reading Success Research-based Strategy Lessons With Reproducible Passages for Teaching Students to Comprehend Articles, Textbooks, Reference Materials & More

Summary: Two professors share their research-based, fi eld-tested approach for helping students identify and analyze the most common expository text structures in order to better comprehend the nonfi ction they read. Students gain valuable experience favourite descriptive, sequential, problem-solution, and causeeffect patterns in texts. Using graphic organizers helps them visualize and remember key information in the article.... Detailed lesson plans with companion reproducible articles and diagrams help teachers confidently put theory into practice. [read more]