Developing Reading Skills
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 2
- Publisher: Thomson Learning
- Publish date: 06/01/1994
Description:
Authentic, high-interest passages are paired with reading, writing, comprehension, and discussion activities that integrate new skills and ideas into students' knowledge and experience.
-- A thematic organization in each book allows for natural recycling and spiralling of concepts, vocabulary, and syntactic structures, and develops a comprehensive range of reading skills that promote critical thinking and writing skills.
-- Pre-reading activities activate background knowledge and set the stage for successful integration of new ideas and concepts.
-- Three interesting reading selections per unit, drawn from a variety of genres, promote the acquisition of a diverse and broad-based set of reading skills.
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-- A thematic organization in each book allows for natural recycling and spiralling of concepts, vocabulary, and syntactic structures, and develops a comprehensive range of reading skills that promote critical thinking and writing skills.
-- Pre-reading activities activate background knowledge and set the stage for successful integration of new ideas and concepts.
-- Three interesting reading selections per unit, drawn from a variety of genres, promote the acquisition of a diverse and broad-based set of reading skills.
Compelling themes include Names and Naming Customs, Cities, Education, Sports, and Superstitions.
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