Evidence-based writing. texts and lessons for spot-on writing about reading, with 100 best-the-test tips /: texts and lessons for spot-on writing about reading, with 100 best-the-test tips. Nonfiction : (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leslie Blauman.
• Authors: Blauman, Leslie
• Contents: Section 1. Evidence; Lesson 1. Ask and Answer Questions; Write-About-Reading Template: Ask and Answer Questions; Excerpt to Write About: “Where Do Tornadoes Come From?” From How Come?Every Kid’s Science Questions Explained by Kathy Wollard; Lesson 2. Cite Evidence; Write-About-Reading Template: Prove It!; Excerpt to Write About: “The Storm Factory” From Hurricane Force: In the Path of America’s Deadliest Storms by Joseph B. Treaster; Lesson 3. Use Quotes to Summarize Text; Write-About-Reading Template: Build My Summary; Excerpt to Write About: “Saving Cheetahs” by Suzanne Zimbler; Lesson 4. Cite and Analyze; Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze and Cite Evidence; Excerpt to Write About: “The Computer” From What a Great Idea! Inventions That Changed the World by Stephen M. Tomecek; Section 2. Relationships; Lesson 5. Explain Events, Procedures, or Concepts; Write-About-Reading Template: Important Events and Ideas; Excerpts to Write About: “Enemy at the Gates” From Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species by Sneed B. Collard III; Lesson 6. Analyze How Authors Introduce, Illustrate, and Elaborate; Write-About-Reading Template: Introduce, Illustrate, and Elaborate; Excerpts to Write About: Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein by Don Brown; On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne; Who Was Albert Einstein? by Jess Brallier; Giants of Science: Albert Einstein by Kathleen Krull; Lesson 7. Describe Relationships and Interactions; Write-About-Reading Template: It’s All About Connections; Excerpt to Write About:“Opening Doors for Others” From Jackie Robinson: Strong Inside and Out by Denise Lewis Patrick; Lesson 8. Analyze the Connections Between People, Events, and Ideas; Write-About-Reading Template: Events, Individuals, and Ideas: How Do They; Excerpts to Write About: “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln; “I Have a Dream” Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr; Section 3. Main Idea/Central Idea; Lesson 9. Identify Main Idea and Details; Write-About-Reading Template: Main Idea; Excerpts to Write About: “A Hurricane Arrives” From Violent Skies: Hurricanes by Chris Oxlade; Lesson 10. Understand Topics and Subtopics; Write-About-Reading Template: Topic Sentences; Excerpts to Write About: “White Death” From Avalanche! The Deadly Slide by Jane Duden; Lesson 11. Determine Central Ideas: Details; Write-About-Reading Template: Think About the Central Idea; Excerpt to Write About: “How Does a Chameleon Change Its Color?” From How Come? Planet Earth by Kathy Wollard; Lesson 12. Determine Multiple Ideas in a Text; Write-About-Reading Template: State the Central Idea; Excerpts to Write About: Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Albert Marrin; Section 4. Point of View; Lesson 13. What Is the Author’s Purpose?; Write-About-Reading Template: Author’s Point of View; Excerpt to Write About: Foreword by Jane Goodall From Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita Silvey; Lesson 14. Determine Author’s Purpose and Point of View; Write-About-Reading Template: Notice Perspective; Excerpts to Write About: “Students Lead the Way” and “Retaliation and Intimidation” From The Split History of the Civil Rights Movement by Nadia Higgins; Lesson 15. Compare and Contrast Accounts; Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts; Excerpts to Write About: Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine; Lesson 16. Explore Same Topic, Many Points of View; Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze Different Perspectives; Excerpts to Write About: Rosa by Nikki Giovanni; Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer by Karen Kelleher; Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins; Section 5. Visuals; Lesson 17. Mine Maps, Charts, and Other Visuals; Write-About-Reading Template: Visuals + Text = Better Understanding; Excerpt to Write About: “A Hot Topic” From Everything Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Kathy Furgang; Lesson 18. Read Digital and Print Efficiently; Write-About-Reading Template: On the Search!; Excerpt to Write About: “Drought in the Plains” From The Dust Bowl by Rebecca Langston-George; Section 6. Words and Structure; Lesson 19. Determine the Meaning of Specialized Words; Write-About-Reading Templates: Word Attack!; What Does This Word Mean?; Excerpt to Write About: Weather! by Rebecca Rupp; Lesson 20. Spot Words That Signal Text Structure; Write-About-Reading Template: Dig Into the Structure of the Text; Excerpt to Write About: “Death Valley’s Super Bloom” by Kio Herrera; Lesson 21. Identify Text Structure; Write-About-Reading Templates: Look at Structure Across a Text (for Use With Short Texts); Look at Structure Across a Text (for Grades 6–8); Excerpts to Write About: “What Is a Volcano?” From Violent Volcanoes by Louise and Richard Spilsbury; Volcanoes by Seymour Simon; “The Volcano Wakes” From Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber; Lesson 22. Compare and Contrast Overall Structure of Two or More Texts; Write-About-Reading Template: Compare and Contrast Text Structure; Excerpts to Write About: What Was the Hindenburg? by Janet B. Pascal; You Wouldn’t Want to Be on the Hindenburg! A Transatlantic Trip You’d Rather Skip by Ian Graham; Lesson 23. Evaluate the Reasoning, Relevance, and Sufficiency of Evidence; Write-About-Reading Template: Author’s Point; Excerpts to Write About: “How Octopuses Change Color” From The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk by Sy Montgomery; Lesson 24. Delineate the Argument and Specific Claims; Write-About-Reading Template: Map the Argument; Excerpts to Write About: Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary by Gail Jarrow;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 372.6/044; Language arts (Elementary) -- United States; Composition (Language arts) -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States; English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States; Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States; Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506379067; 1506379060
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