Middle-school Students Comprehending, Analyzing, and Evaluating Persuasive Texts

Middle-school Students Comprehending, Analyzing, and Evaluating Persuasive Texts
By:
Published on 2008 by ProQuest

When evaluating premises, a majority of students selected the evidence as their source, but verbal responses indicated that students reasoned from text-based evidence, prior knowledge and their beliefs, despite selecting the evidence basis. Their particular basis depended upon the premise statement being evaluated.

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Mentor Texts

Mentor Texts
By:"Lynne R. Dorfman","Rose Cappelli"
Published on 2007-01-01 by Stenhouse Publishers

Shows teachers how to help students become confident, accomplished writers, using literature as their foundation. The book is organised around the characteristics of good writing: focus, content, organisation, style, and conventions.

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