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Peer reviewedSchirmer, Barbara R. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1993
The predictions that 48 students with deafness in grades 4-8 made while reading narrative text were analyzed to explore the influence of the children's expectations for text structure and content on reading comprehension. Findings indicated that interacting at a deep level with narrative text was more related to reader characteristics than to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Expectation, Intermediate Grades
Washton, Andrew D. – 1978
Designed to stimulate reluctant writers in grades five through eight, these 40 uncompleted stories were written by a teacher who has used them with success in the classroom. The stories are arranged by length and complexity, and topics range from tales of childhood experiences to accounts of history, nature, and science fiction. A section…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Expository Writing, Imagination, Intermediate Grades
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
Schifferle, Judith – 1985
This handbook is one of a set of six which provide a systematic means to help students in grades 4 through 8 learn the process of writing while building specific writing skills. The handbook focuses on paragraph writing, and offers 25 reproducible lessons, in a variety of formats, to help students improve their use of descriptive, narrative,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Intermediate Grades
Download full textOttaviani, Barbara Fields; Black, John B. – 1994
This study investigated four types of media formats: (1) talking head; (2) voice-under-text; (3) voice-under-video; and (4) multiformat (combination of talking head, voice-under-video, and text). Sixty-four suburban middle-school students were shown four different narrative stories, each presented in a different media format. Students were tested…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades
New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. – 1992
The New Mexico Portfolio Writing Assessment for grades 4 and 6 (optional for grade 8) is to be conducted in the 1991-92 school year, with a call for "best piece" in April of 1992. All students in New Mexico in grades 4 and 6 will participate. This manual provides instruction for procedures to be followed in the school year. Guidelines…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cues, Descriptive Writing, Educational Assessment
