A Lesson Cycle for Teaching Expository Reading and Writing

Autor/inn/en	Montelongo, Jose; Herter, Roberta J.; Ansaldo, Robert; Hatter, Naomi
Titel	A Lesson Cycle for Teaching Expository Reading and Writing
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53 (2010) 8, S.656-666 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-3004
DOI	10.1598/JAAL.53.8.4
Schlagwörter	Summer Schools; Summer Programs; Reading; Vocabulary; Writing Skills; Writing Instruction; Reading Instruction; Reading Skills; Expository Writing; Sentences; Middle School Students; Program Effectiveness; Student Improvement; Writing Improvement; Reading Comprehension; Content Area Reading; Content Area Writing; English Teachers; Beginning Teachers; Action Research; Teacher Educators; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Summer school; Sommerkurs; Leseprozess; Lesen; Wortschatz; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Schreibunterricht; Leseunterricht; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Leseverstehen; Sinnerfassendes Lesen; Schriftliche Übung; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Projektforschung; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Kalifornien
Abstract	This article presents a lesson cycle of activities for teaching reading and writing skills for expository text. The lesson cycle consists of four parts: (1) vocabulary words, (2) text structures, (3) modified sentence completion activity, and (4) rewriting text. Sixth- and seventh-grade summer school students were taught to recognize and deconstruct five different types of expository paragraphs into their main ideas and supporting details over a five-week period. The students were also encouraged to rewrite the expository paragraphs in their own words. The results of the summer program showed that students improved their ability to locate main ideas. The results also demonstrated that students were willing to take ownership of expository paragraphs when they understood the texts they were reading and could work with the texts to further demonstrate their comprehension. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10