Comprehension Instruction as Sharing and Extending.

Shanklin, Nancy L.; Rhodes, Lynn K.

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ERIC Number: EJ385151

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Publication Date: 1989

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Comprehension Instruction as Sharing and Extending.

Shanklin, Nancy L.; Rhodes, Lynn K.

Reading Teacher, v42 n7 p496-500 Mar 1989

Asserts that students' reading comprehension is enhanced by sharing personal text interpretations through social interaction in the reading classroom. Presents three lessons which encourage sharing and extending text comprehension by exploring text meaning through art; by developing a Readers Theatre script; and by shifting question-asking responsibility to students. (MM)

Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Readers Theater, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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