National Geographic 6-12 Catalog 2008-2009 - (Page 122) Grades 6–8 Reading / Language Arts Nonfiction Reading & Writing Workshops These Workshops give your students the strategies they need to read and write nonfiction. The 20 Workshops are organized into four levels. Each Workshop focuses on a specific reading comprehension strategy as well as on the writing process and characteristics of one nonfiction writing form. Reading Workshop Determining Importance from Level B Shown Comprehension Transparency Guided Instruction Book Comprehension Transparency Lesson from Teacher’s Guide Teach/Model • Engaging color transparencies model the comprehension strategy • Teacher’s Guides provide think-alouds, modeling, and highlighting that makes instruction explicit and interactive. Practice the Strategy • Annotations and hints in the Guided Instruction Book support the student at the outset in a gradual release model • Students then apply the strategy to pages of the article with less support • Teachers review and assess before moving students to the Strategy Application Books. 122
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