Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students

ISBN-13: 9781475822236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 54 str.

Amelia Leighton Gamel

Opis

Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students is a workbook that supplements the instruction offered in Help My College Students Can t Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). The workbook focuses specifically on ready-made activities to help students learn vital reading strategies that are applicable to all academic texts. 1.Staying engaged with academic content material 2.Developing purposes for reading 3.Making reading predictions 4.Evaluating textual information 5.Drawing inferences 6.Developing higher-level questions 7.Making connections to prior knowledge 8.Creating visuals to enhance comprehension 9.Navigating difficult or unfamiliar vocabulary Special features include Point to Ponder critical thinking prompts, practice texts from a range of academic disciplines, and Professional Spotlight interviews focusing on field-specific reading demands and the importance of strong reading skills in real-world professions"