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Jim Burke (Author)

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0439934494 978-0439934497 September 1, 2009
The Teacher’s Essential Guide to Content Area Reading leads the reader through Burke’s teaching strategies, which draw from a combination of research and Jim’s own experience as a public school teacher. He includes invaluable techniques to improve student reading as well as guidelines for explicit comprehension instruction--which strategies to use, when to use them, and how to use them with a variety of texts. He also

features guidelines and a template for designing effective reading lessons across content areas. For use with Grades 6–12.


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Jim Burke is an English teacher at Burlingame High School in California. He has received numerous awards, including the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award, the NCTE Conference on English Leadership Award, and the California Reading Association Hall of Fame Award. He has served on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Committee on Adolescence and Young Adulthood English Language Arts Standards and he recently worked with ACT on their high school English Language Arts standards. His published books include The English Teacher's Companion, The Teacher's Daybook, Reading Reminders and Writing Reminders, 50 Essential Lessons, Academic Workout, and The Reader's Handbook. He is also a senior consultant for the McDougal Littell literature program.

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