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Peer reviewedKane, Sharon – Reading Teacher, 1998
Argues that discourse knowledge (knowledge readers have of the way a text or story is organized) can be taught from the earliest grades using authentic contexts and quality children's literature as well as the children's own writing. Suggests specific books and specific strategies to foster the students' knowledge of three patterns of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension
