Daybook of Critical Reading And Writing (Grade 6) [Paperback]

Fran Claggett (Author), Louann Reid (Author), Ruth Vinz (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Great Source Education Group; 2 Ppk Stu edition (May 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0669534838
• ISBN-13: 978-0669534832
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #506,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ellin Oliver Keene is the author of To Understand (2008), coauthor of Comprehension Going Forward (2011), and coauthor of Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition (2007), all published by Heinemann. She is also the author of Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies (Shell, 2006). She has been a classroom teacher, staff developer, and adjunct professor of reading and writing. For sixteen years she directed staff development initiatives at the Denver-based Public Education & Business Coalition. She served as Deputy Director of the Cornerstone Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years, where she oversaw literacy and professional learning for teachers in high-poverty schools throughout the nation. Ellin Oliver Keene is a Heinemann Professional Development provider. She now provides long-term professional development residencies in partnership with Heinemann Professional Development. She lives with her husband, David, and daughter, Elizabeth, in Denver and works with schools and districts around the country.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome workbook for homeschoolers!, July 27, 2004

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Home Schooling Mama "Home Schooling Mama" (Syracuse, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing (Grade 8) (Paperback)

I bought this book to help my son improve his reading comprehension and writing skills over the summer. The lessons are a bit challenging for him, but we sit down and discuss them together and when he gets stuck, we work our way out of the rut together. It teaches him about notetaking and making connections and reading deep for added insight. It is the best book I've seen for teaching kids reading comprehension!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Day Book of Critical Reading and Writing, October 21, 2003

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"pjwk011" (Brooklyn, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Source Daybooks: Critical Reading and Writing Student Edition Grade 11 (Paperback)

This is an excellent resource for teachers. Day Book gives students very good examples of how to write responses to passages read in the book. Day Book has interesting topics to read that will interest students.

9 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars My Opinion..., April 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Source Daybooks: Critical Reading and Writing Student Edition Grade 12 (Paperback)

The reason I gave this book two stars, is because we use this book in our class all of the time. Most of the stories and poems in here are hard to understand and complicated.

I know that you are supposed to use your mind, and there is no right or wrong answer, but you can not use your mind if you dont know what is going on. I keep getting zero's on my daybook assignments, because all I can put in the margins or the pages to write what you think, is that I can't write anything because it was hard to understand, so I get zero's for not understanding, and that to me isnt fair! So, I think that if to this book you tell your opinion, I think that if your opinion is that you didnt understand it, than that should still be counted as "no right or wrong answer".

But besides that, it is a good idea.