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Blecher-Sass, Hope Sara; Moffitt, Maryellen – Free Spirit Publishing, 2010
Improve students' writing skills and boost their assessment scores while adding arts education, creativity, and fun to your writing curriculum. With this vibrant resource, improving writing skills goes hand-in-hand with improving test scores. Students learn how to use acting and visualization as prewriting activities to help them connect writing…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Second Language Learning, Prewriting, Writing Skills
Jacobson, Julie; Lapp, Diane; Flood, James – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2007
For English-language learners, comprehension can be hindered by a lack of understanding of homonyms, homophones, and homographs, but the right instructional strategies can alleviate this problem. Following a discussion of issues such as the importance of being aware of a student's literacy skills in his or her home language and the need to…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Vocabulary, Teaching Methods, Grammar
Kenney, Joan M.; Hancewicz, Euthecia; Heuer, Loretta; Metsisto, Diana; Tuttle, Cynthia L. – ASCD, 2005
One of the best ways to give students the background knowledge they need to understand math concepts is to teach them the vocabulary and comprehension skills that are essential to understanding math. So here's a book that explains how to do that and provides teachers with lots of classroom-proven ways to prepare students to be successful math…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Prior Learning, Problem Solving

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