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Expository Passage Organizers: Models for Reading and Writing.

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Miller, Kathleen K.; George, John E. – Journal of Reading, 1992

Investigates the effectiveness of study guides (called Expository Passage Organizers) in improving sixth graders' reading and writing. Finds that such study guides, which highlighted the structures of textbooks, made a significant and positive difference in reading and writing performance. (SR)

Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Improvement, Reading Research

What's the Structure? A Game to Help Middle School Students Recognize Common Writing Patterns (Open to Suggestion).

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Richards, Janet C.; Gipe, Joan P. – Journal of Reading, 1995

Describes a game that helps middle grade students develop awareness of the five major ways authors present and tie content information together. (SR)

Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Educational Games, Intermediate Grades