Mrs. Schulz's Reading Resource Page

Text: Reader's Handbook A Student Guide for Reading and Learning

published by Great Source Education Group, a Houghton Mifflin company, Massachusetts, 2002

Course Topics:

Introduction

 

Self Inventory	Using the Handbook
Visualizing Reading	Scavenger Hunt--Getting to know the Reader's Handbook

 

The Reading Process

 

Before Reading

During Reading

After Reading

 

Reading Know-How

 

Essential Reading Skills	Kinds of Paragraphs
Reading Actively	Ways of Organizing Paragraphs
Reading Paragraphs

 

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Reading Textbooks

 

Reading History	Focus on Social Studies Tests
Reading Science	Science Tests
Reading Math	Focus on Word Problems

 

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Reading Nonfiction

 

Reading an Essay

Reading a Biography Harriet Tubman Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Reading an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography

 

Ways of Reading Nonfiction

 

Focus on Persuasive Writing

Focus on Speeches

 

Elements of Nonfiction--important terms for non-fiction. . .

Argument or Persuasive Writing Readers Handbook, pp. 247-255 Students Handbook, 111-112	Editorial, Readers Handbook, pp. 280-281
Cause and Effect	Chronological Order
Classification and Definition	Comparison and Contrast
Connotation and Denotation	Fact and Opinion
Interview	Main Idea
Problem and Solution	Propaganda Techniques
Topic Sentence and Supporting Details	Viewpoints

 

Kinds of Nonfiction

 

Reading a Newspaper Article

Reading a Magazine Article

 

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Reading Graphics

Goals:

Recognize different parts of graphics.

Use the strategy of paraphrasing.

Pay attention to how a graphic is organized.

Reading a Graphic

Elements of Graphics

Focus on Real-World Writing

Goals:

Identify a purpose when reading real-world writing.

Understand the organization of the writing.

Skim to find the information you need.

Free-reading

Informational Reading

 

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Reading on the Internet

Goals:

Use the reading process for websites and plan for evaluating them.

Use the strategy of reading critically to examine a website.

Understand the organization of websites.

Reading a Website Example: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

Elements of the Internet Internet Scavenger Hunt

 

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Reading Kinds of Fiction

 

Reading a Short Story

Reading a Novel Standards and Objectives

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens published by Dorling Kindersley, New York Supplemental Resources Book Links: Online Text Author Links: Charles Dickens The Dickens Page The Dickens Project David Perdue's Dickens Page Talking to Charles Dickens Dicken's Literary Criticism A&E Biography on Charles Dickens Corollary Links: Victorian Lives and Letters Movie Guide Lesson Plans: Teacher CyberGuide Scrooge for Mayor Webquest Dickens Internet Scavenger Hunt TNT Educators' Guide A Christmas Carol study guide

Cheaper by the Dozen The Jazz Age The Gilbreth Network

 

Ways of Reading Fiction

 

Focus on Characters	Focus on Plot
Focus on Setting	Focus on Theme
Focus on Dialogue	Focus on Comparing and Contrasting

 

Elements of Fiction--Twelve of the most important literary terms. . .

Antagonist and Protagonist	Point of View
Author's Purpose	Plot
Character	Setting
Dialogue and Dialect	Style
Genre	Symbol
Mood	Theme

Reading a Poem

Meaning	Language Computer Lab Activities
Structure	Feeling

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION--MORE TO COME!

Reading a Newspaper Article

Reading a Magazine Article

Reading a Graphic

Elements of the Internet

Reading a Website

Graphic Organizers

Reading Silently (Accelerated Reading)