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Sánchez, Emilio; García, J. Ricardo; Bustos, Andrea – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Many studies have demonstrated the facilitating role of rhetorical devices in text comprehension, but there are also studies where rhetorical devices have not shown such effect. The present study sets out to explore whether readers' knowledge of rhetorical devices (that is, rhetorical competence) moderates their effectiveness beyond general…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Reading Comprehension, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Brown, Elizabeth S. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2013
In preparation for her school's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Elizabeth Brown developed an integrated language arts and social studies one-week unit of study on the civil rights movement, where she reinforced reading, writing, and speaking skills. The overarching goals for the five-day lesson on Dr. King's "I Have a…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Social Studies, Integrated Activities, Units of Study