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Peer reviewedMetzger, Margaret Treece – English Journal, 1988
Explains how one teacher abandoned her focus on the content of literature, and shifted to teaching her students how to read literature. Lists many of the reading techniques students learned during the year. (SR)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Cassidy, Jack; Hossler, Ann – Learning, 1992
Three graphic organizers are presented to teach students the concept of main idea. One describes how to examine details in an article to determine the main idea. Another explains how specific details support main ideas. The third describes deduction, stressing the importance of expository detail to support the main idea. (SM)
Descriptors: Deduction, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphic Organizers, Learning Activities
Learning, 1992
Provides before-, during-, and after-reading strategies to help students develop reading goals, monitor comprehension, and reflect on what they read. A reading wheel and student pages encourage practice of new strategies. Across the curriculum strategies are included for building comprehension in other curriculum areas. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
