Pairing Fiction & Nonfiction: Strategies to Build Comprehension in the Content Areas
Reading expert Deanne Camp shows how matching two high-interest books—one fiction and one nonfiction—on the same topic can boost students’ engagement and comprehension in any subject area. This resource provides 15 comprehension strategy lessons for building background knowledge, learning vocabulary, summarizing, asking critical-thinking questions, and more.
American Cars, 1960-1972: Every Model, Year by Year
The automotive industry underwent great change in the 1960s and the early 1970s. The continuing trend toward market consolidation, the proliferation of sizes and nameplates, and the "need for speed" characterized this period, loosely labeled as the muscle car era. This is an exhaustive reference work to American made cars of model years 1960-1972. Organized by year (and summarizing the market annually), it provides a yearly update on each make's status and production figures, then details all models offered for that year.
B: Illustrate organizing elements, such as topics sentences, supporting details, and signal words.
F: Step-by-step activities
B: Guide students in major rhetorical forms, such as comparing and contrasting, describing, analyzing data, writing test answers, letter writing, and summarizing.
F: Varied and contextualized writing opportunities
B: Assist students with real-life tasks.
F: Editing and proofreading exercises
B: Help students perfect their composition skills.
