Building Comprehension - Grade 9
by Sue D Royals /
1999 / English / PDF
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The high-interest, low-vocabulary stories in this book feature
diversified subject matter, including: current personalities,
popular sports figures and events, ghosts, monsters, and mysteries,
visual and performing arts, disasters, excerpts from legends and
mythology, and amazing facts and wonders in science and nature. The
stories are written with a controlled vocabulary averaging two
readability levels below the content. A male-female, ethnic, and
geographic balance has been maintained in the selections. Follow-up
questions reinforce key comprehension skills. These include:
recognition of main idea, significant details, word meaning in
context, inference, and drawing conclusions. Thoughtful discussions
and on-going projects can be generated from many of the stories.
Where space permits, a follow-through activity has been included to
lead to self-motivated reading or to valuable discussion, also
allowing the teacher opportunity to award extra credit.
The high-interest, low-vocabulary stories in this book feature
diversified subject matter, including: current personalities,
popular sports figures and events, ghosts, monsters, and mysteries,
visual and performing arts, disasters, excerpts from legends and
mythology, and amazing facts and wonders in science and nature. The
stories are written with a controlled vocabulary averaging two
readability levels below the content. A male-female, ethnic, and
geographic balance has been maintained in the selections. Follow-up
questions reinforce key comprehension skills. These include:
recognition of main idea, significant details, word meaning in
context, inference, and drawing conclusions. Thoughtful discussions
and on-going projects can be generated from many of the stories.
Where space permits, a follow-through activity has been included to
lead to self-motivated reading or to valuable discussion, also
allowing the teacher opportunity to award extra credit.