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Peer reviewedGordon, Christine – Reading Horizons, 1991
Expands on how a strategic reader uses text structure knowledge as an overarching strategy, a framework within which to incorporate other strategies to gain ideas from text. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedMcMackin, Mary C. – Reading Horizons, 1998
Describes a system used for introducing expository text structure to upper elementary and middle school students through the use of narrative picture books. Includes graphic organizers for expository text patterns, forms for expository discourse, and lists of narrative picture books and of nonfiction magazine articles according to their expository…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
