Content-Area Strategies: Social Studies: Grades 7-8

by Walch Publishing

• ISBN13: 9780825160288
• ISBN10: 0825160286
• Edition: Teacher
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: J Weston Walch Pub

Summary

Prepare students to succeed! Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary Boosts reading comprehension with a variety of reading strategies Contains graphic organizers to clarify thinking and connections Strengthens writing proficiency through practice Includes assessment rubrics Defines and explains important content-area vocabulary

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
Vocabulary Strategies
Building Vocabulary	p. 3
Prefixes and Suffixes	p. 3
Word Forms	p. 8
Using Context Clues	p. 11
Vocabulary in Context	p. 15
The Shakers and Their Villages	p. 15
Introducing Vocabulary in Context	p. 15
Developing Vocabulary in Context	p. 16
Extending Vocabulary Strategies	p. 17
Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond	p. 18
Introducing Vocabulary in Context	p. 18
Developing Vocabulary in Context	p. 19
Extending Vocabulary Strategies	p. 20
Zora Neale Hurston and the Folklore of the Deep South	p. 21
Introducing Vocabulary in Context	p. 21
Developing Vocabulary in Context	p. 22
Extending Vocabulary Strategies	p. 23
Cesar Chavez and Migrant Workers in California	p. 24
Introducing Vocabulary in Context	p. 24
Developing Vocabulary in Context	p. 25
Extending Vocabulary Strategies	p. 26
Commuters and the Suburbs	p. 27
Introducing Vocabulary in Context	p. 27
Developing Vocabulary in Context	p. 28
Extending Vocabulary Strategies	p. 29
Glossary	p. 30
Reading Strategies
Prereading	p. 35
Previewing	p. 35
Predicting	p. 40
Prior Knowledge	p. 41
Purpose	p. 42
Reading Strategies	p. 44
Introduction to Reading Strategies	p. 44
KWL	p. 45
SQ3R	p. 49
Semantic Web	p. 53
Outline	p. 57
Structured Notes	p. 61
Postreading	p. 65
Summarizing and Paraphrasing	p. 65
Reading in Social Studies	p. 68
Common Features and Patterns in Social Studies Reading	p. 68
Maps, Photos, and Drawings	p. 70
Charts, Graphs, and Time Lines	p. 73
Chronological Order	p. 77
Main Idea and Details	p. 80
Cause and Effect	p. 83
Compare and Contrast	p. 86
Review	p. 88
Writing Strategies
Prewriting	p. 91
Writing Process Review	p. 91
Brainstorming	p. 93
Narrowing Your Topic	p. 95
Purpose	p. 96
Audience	p. 97
Writing Strategies	p. 98
Drafting	p. 98
Chronological Order	p. 99
Main Idea and Details	p. 111
Cause and Effect	p. 122
Compare and Contrast	p. 133
Blank Graphic Organizers	p. 145
Revising Checklist	p. 157
Proofreading Checklist	p. 158
Peer-Editing Form	p. 159
Assessment Rubric for Essays	p. 160
Answer Key	p. 161
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