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ERIC Number: EJ381756
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Learning about Fictionalized Biographies: A Reading and Writing Approach.
Zarnowski, Myra
Reading Teacher, v42 n2 p136-42 Nov 1988
Describes in detail a three-month class project focusing on fictionalized biographies and the life of Benjamin Franklin. Notes that in-depth integration of reading, writing, and content area instruction improves reading skills, as well as learning from content area textbooks, especially for low ability readers. (MM)
Descriptors: Biographies, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods, Units of Study, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Content Area Teaching; Historical Fiction