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Beers and Probst present education professionals with a guide to the teaching of nonfiction. The authors argue that by teaching students to challenge the text and develop careful reading skills, they help them become more sophisticated readers and citizens. The main body of the book is organized in four parts covering issues to consider in the teaching of nonfiction reading skills, the importance of stance in evaluating nonfiction texts, the use of signposts in the evaluation of texts, and the role of various reading and cognitive strategies in analyzing nonfiction. Kylene Beers is a former middle school teacher and educational consultant. Robert E. Probst is a retired faculty member of Georgia State University. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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Visit www.heinemann.com/ReadingNonfiction for special previews, videos, and more. Also available: Reading Nonfiction Student Bookmarks and Notice & Note/Reading Nonfiction Signpost Student Bookmarks“When students recognize that nonfiction ought to challenge us, ought to slow us down and make us think, then they’re more likely to become close readers.” That means we need to help them question texts, authors, and, ultimately, their own thinking. No matter the content area, with Reading Nonfiction’s classroom-tested suggestions, you’ll lead kids toward skillful and responsible disciplinary literacy.Picking up where their smash hit Notice & Note left off, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst write: “Fiction invites us into the writer’s imagined world; nonfiction intrudes into ours and purports to tell us something about it.” This crucial difference increases the responsibility of the nonfiction reader, so Kylene and Bob have developed interlocking scaffolds that every student can use to go beyond a superficial reading: 3 essential questions that set students up for closer, more attentive readings of nonfiction texts 5 Notice & Note nonfiction signposts that cue kids to apply the skills and processes that sophisticated readers use instinctively 7 proven strategies readers can use to clear up confusions when the text gets tough.We all know the value of helping students define nonfiction and understand its text structures. Reading Nonfiction goes the next crucial step—helping kids challenge the claims of nonfiction authors, be challenged by them, and skillfully and rigorously make up their mind about purported truths.
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