Make it real : strategies for success with informational texts /

Make it real : strategies for success with informational texts /

Feeding students a steady diet of fiction is all too common in the classroom. Yet informational literacy is critical to success in school and beyond. In Make It Real, Linda Hoyt provides a practical, classroom-friendly guide to unlocking the treasures of informational texts. What's more, she de...

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Main Author:	Hoyt, Linda
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2002]
Subjects:	Language arts (Elementary) Language arts (Middle school) English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching (Elementary) English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching (Middle school) English language > Composition and exercises. Exposition (Rhetoric) > Study and teaching (Elementary) Exposition (Rhetoric) Exposition (Rhetoric) > Study and teaching (Middle school)

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