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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
G Kylene Beers; Robert E Probst |
ISBN: | 9780325050805 0325050805 |
OCLC Number: | 1183383473 |
Description: | ix, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Part I: Issues to Consider -- Defining Nonfiction -- Developmental Demands -- Democratic Requirements -- Research Findings -- Invitations and Intrusions -- Rigor and Relevance -- Complexity and Readability -- Classroom Conversations -- Disciplinary Literacy -- Challenge and Change -- Part II: The Importance of Stance -- What Surprised Me? -- What Did the Author Think I Already Knew? -- What Challenged, Changed, or Confirmed What I Already Knew? -- Part III: The Power of Signposts -- Contrasts and Contradictions -- Extreme or Absolute Language -- Numbers and Stats -- Quoted Words -- Word Gaps -- Part IV: The Role of Strategies -- Possible Sentences -- KWL 2.0 -- Somebody Wanted But So -- Syntax Surgery -- Sketch to Stretch -- Genre Reformulation -- Poster -- Conclusion: And Now You Begin -- Appendix A: Surveys -- Appendix B: Teaching Texts -- Appendix C: Teaching Resources and Booklists |
Responsibility: | Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst. |
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