Essay - The Case for Informational Text in the Article the Case...

The Case for Informational Text

***** the article The Case for ***** Text by Nell K. Duke, the author implores the reader to see informational text at the earliest stages of childhood education to stress informational text in conjunction with areas of curiosity and *****terest for students. Advocating a series of learning strategies that includes increasing the students' access ***** in*****mation text, planning class time to allow students to spend more time working ***** informational ***** in instructional activities, explicitly ***** as the author suggest, passionately teaching comprehension strategies, and creating opportunities for students to use informational text for authentic purposes anchor the main points of the *****. In addition, the ***** makes the point that for informational text to be truly relevant ***** absorbed to the level a student is capable of comprehending at their specific skill level, the information text books and sources need to pique their curiosity and interest. This is common sense yet for many ***** the exposure to in*****mational ***** ***** purely in response to teachers' specific requirements for read*****g. The author's implicit message is that it is a f*****r better teaching practice ***** deliver in*****mational text that is aligned with the specific *****s of *****s. In the latter parts of the article, the author applies these lessons learned to older *****s struggling to increase their reading comprehension.

The *****'s passion for teaching comes through in th***** *****, and its suggestions for making informational ***** become more alive and relevant to readers is inspirational. My additional reactions ***** ********** article ***** that is shocking that 1rst graders only spend on average 3.6 minutes per day interacting with informational text. The strategies mentioning for ***** comprehension are excellent, as are the directional approaches to ***** informational ***** a critical part of a students' ***** style. Wh*****t is also very refreshing is that the author does not abdicate the responsibility for this activity ***** parents yet challenges teachers to increase *****ir commitment to ***** text reading *****