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Help for the "Fourth-Grade Slump"--SRQ2R Plus Instruction in Text Structure or Main Idea.

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Walker, Michael L. – Reading Horizons, 1995

Investigates whether or not SRQ2R (Survey, Read, Question, Recite, Review) usage is facilitated by pretraining in text structures or main ideas. Finds that SRQ2R was effective in improving fourth- through ninth-grade students' higher-level thinking skills and their comprehension of expository material. (RS)

Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools

Using Narrative Picture Books to Build Awareness of Expository Text Structure.

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McMackin, 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