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    Powerful readers : thinking strategies to guide literacy instruction in secondary classrooms / Kyla Hadden, Adrienne Gear.

    • Title:Powerful readers : thinking strategies to guide literacy instruction in secondary classrooms / Kyla Hadden, Adrienne Gear.
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    • Author/Creator:Hadden, Kyla, author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Gear, Adrienne, author.
    • Published/Created:Markham, Ontario : Pembroke Publishers Limited, 2016.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Reading comprehension.
      Reading (Secondary)
    • Description:125 pages ; 28 cm
    • Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121) and index.
    • ISBN:9781551383132 (paperback)
      1551383136 (paperback)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Welcome to Powerful Reading
      What Makes a Powerful Reader?
      Reading Strategies
      Metacognition
      Interacting with Text
      Reading Power in the Classroom
      Fiction Reading Power in Language Arts Classes
      Nonfiction Reading Power in Content Area Classes
      Reading Power Beyond the Blocks
      Sample Book List by Issue
      Lesson Using Content-Area Texts
      Information Sharing
      Research Projects
      Vocabulary
      2. Introducing Reading Power to Your Students
      Introducing the Reading Powers
      Knowing What Your Students Know
      Fiction Reading Assessment
      Nonfiction Reading Assessment
      Teaching Reading Power
      How Much Time Should I Spend on Each Power?
      How Do I Choose Texts?
      pt. A Fiction Reading Power
      3. Connecting
      Sequential Lessons for Connecting
      Focus Literary Device: Point of View
      Sample Lesson: Whose Story Is Missing?
      Suggested Texts for Connecting
      4. Visualizing
      Sequential Lessons for Visualizing
      Focus Literary Device: Setting
      Sample Lesson: Story Setting
      Focus Literary Device: Mood
      Sample Lesson: Setting the Mood
      Suggested Texts for Visualizing
      5. Questioning
      Sequential Lessons for Questioning
      Focus Literary Device: Plot and Conflict
      Sample Lesson: From Questions to Plot
      Suggested Texts for Questioning
      6. Inferring
      Sequential Lessons for Inferring
      Focus Literary Device: Direct and Indirect Characterization
      Sample Lesson: Characterization
      Focus Literary Device: Figurative Language
      Sample Lesson: Figurative Language
      Suggested Texts for Inferring
      7. Transforming
      Sequential Lessons for Transforming
      Focus Literary Device: Theme
      Sample Lesson: Letter to the Author
      Sample Lesson: Book Review
      Suggested Texts for Transforming
      pt. B Nonfiction Reading Power
      8. Connecting
      Sequential Lessons for Connecting
      Curricular Connections for Connecting
      All Subjects: Using Multiple Source
      All Subjects: Evaluating Sources
      9. Zooming In
      Sequential Lessons for Zooming In
      Curricular Connections for Zooming In
      Math: Text Features
      All Subjects: Using Text Features
      10. Determining Importance
      Sequential Lessons for Determining Importance
      Curricular Connection for Determining Importance
      All Subjects: Note-Taking
      11. Questioning/Inferring
      Sequential Lessons for Questioning and Inferring
      Curricular Connections for Questioning/Inferring
      Science: Scientific Method
      All Subjects: Answering the Question
      12. Transforming
      Sequential Lessons for Transforming
      Curricular Connection for Transforming
      All Subjects: Inquiry-Based Learning
      Final Thoughts
      Acknowledgments.
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