Non-Fiction Ages 8+
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Authors: Marcia Miller, Martin Lee
- Language: English
- Book Publisher: Scholastic
Develop close-reading skills with finely levelled texts suitable
for ages 6 to 11+. Each book includes a comprehensive introduction
and photocopiable texts with accompanying questions. Close reading
describes the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage
of text. Research links the close reading of text to significant
gains in reading.
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Product code:
9781407182834
Boost literacy and develop close-reading skills with finely levelled
short texts suitable for ages 6 to 11+. Each Teacher's book includes
a comprehensive introduction along with Lexile levelled photocopiable
texts with accompanying questions that use close reading
comprehension strategies.
Close reading involves careful study of a short text passage to build
a deep, critical understanding of the text. By developing children's
comprehension and higher-order thinking skills, you can
help them make sense of the world.
The Comprehension areas focused on include for the fiction titles:
Character, Point of View, Setting/Mood, Key Events and Details,
Sequence of events, Conflict & resolution, Context clues, Compare
& contrast, Making inferences and Summarising.
And for the non-fiction titles comprehension areas include: Main
idea & details, Sequence of events, Fact & opinion, Compare & contrast,
Cause and effect, Context clues, Problem & solution and summarising.
