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ORC Resource Number #8773
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Textbook Evaluation
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

This two-page document from Jim Burke's Web Companion Homepage for Illuminating Texts presents an outline approach for introducing textbooks to students. Writing with adolescent learners in mind, the author shows both students and teachers how to organize note-taking, understand a textbook's layout, and navigate challenging text using a myriad of strategies. Applicable to all content areas, the many pre- and during-reading strategies included here can be used either individually or collectively. (author/bebrown)

OHIO STANDARDS
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English Language Arts Standards
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Standards for the English Language Arts
Reading strategies, language use, and conventions
RESOURCE TYPE
Content Resource
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 6–12
TOPICS
English Language Arts --
Reading;
Comprehension;
Independent Reading;
Strategies - Informational Texts;
Reading-Strategies & Skills;
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KEYWORDS
textbooks;
reading strategies;
pre-reading strategies;
constructing meaning;
informational text;
interpreting text;
understanding textbooks;
testing;
Cornell note-taking;
reading speed;
outlining;
types of text;
independent reading
Publisher: Heinemann
Author: Jim Burke