Graduate Project Title
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2006
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Gail Goss
Second Committee Member
Andrea C. Sledge
Third Committee Member
Nancy E. Jurenka
Abstract
Best practices for teaching comprehension using informational text with intermediate students were researched. Using information and knowledge gained from this research, a series of teacher in-service workshops was created. Subjects addressed in the workshops include differences between narrative and expository text, expository text structures, reading as a metacognitive process, strategies for activating and or building background knowledge, strategies for building vocabulary, and effective use of graphic organizers. The workshops will be presented to the intermediate teaching staff at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in Yakima Washington.
Recommended Citation
Denney, Tracy Lynn, "A Series of Teacher Inservice Workshops: Teaching Comprehension Using Informational Text with Intermediate Students" (2006). All Graduate Projects. 893.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/893
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons