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Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L.; Lunt, Linda – Reading Teacher, 1975
Lists 42 ways of motivating students to read. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Interests
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Reading World, 1974
Explores whether innercity children in the intermediate grades expressed a greater preference for reading stories and books which depicted innercity settings or pleasant middle-class settings. (RB)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Inner City, Intermediate Grades, Reading Interests
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Journal of Educational Research, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Reading Teacher, 1973
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Intermediate Grades, Reading Difficulty, Reading Instruction
Download full textJohns, Jerry L.; Davis, Susan J. – 1990
One way that success in integrating literature into middle school classrooms has been achieved is by the systematic study of different genres of literature. Through a variety of activities, students can be engaged in comparisons, contrasts, and other higher-level thinking skills. Response journals, in which students react to their reading by…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Journal Writing, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
