In terms of appealing, short nonfiction, I often use excerpts from Oh Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Disgusting and the counterpart for history. High appeal, strongly informative, lots of voice and craft. These texts would make good resources for selective photocopying.
Lori On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:35 , Carol Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Hi, all, > >As we look deeper into our curriculum, we realize that we are not >explicitly teaching non fiction text structure, especially compare/ >contrast, cause effect etc. Research states that if students can >identify text structure, they are better able to comprehend the text. > >I looked at the Write time for Kids and Exploring Non fiction from >Teacher Created Materials. But they don't seem to meet the above needs. > >Do any of you have an anthology type that would cover the above >benchmarks? We are trying to not review all of our anthologies, but >hoped that we could find it in one place. > >Thanks, >Carol >LA Content Specialist >La Grange, Il > > > >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
