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Peer reviewedHayes, David – Reading Horizons, 1989
Deals with the text patterns commonly found in social studies books. Explores the expository text pattern and offers a teaching pattern to help guide students through the transition from narrative to content area texts in the upper elementary grades. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Expository Writing, Intermediate Grades, Reader Text Relationship
Peer reviewedMcMackin, Mary C. – Reading Horizons, 1998
Describes a system used for introducing expository text structure to upper elementary and middle school students through the use of narrative picture books. Includes graphic organizers for expository text patterns, forms for expository discourse, and lists of narrative picture books and of nonfiction magazine articles according to their expository…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
