NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Garden, Pearl Dean – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2022
Some children come to school with a smaller vocabulary than their peers. If children do not have knowledge of the meaning of the words they read in texts, they will fail to comprehend those texts and struggle to keep up with their peers. This is critical because the link between vocabulary and comprehension is very clear (Sticht et al., 1974, as…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Literacy Education, Primary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Adam Weiss; Jonathan Williams; Brigette Whaley – English in Texas, 2024
The following article recommends Texas high school English teachers to select "All the Pretty Horses" (McCarthy, 1992), the critically acclaimed, best-selling novel by Cormac McCarthy, as a reading option for students. Set in rural Texas and Mexico, "All the Pretty Horses" provides an engaging reading experience that would…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Novels, Relevance (Education), Student Interests