Teaching With Text-Based Questions - Helping Students Analyze Nonfiction and Visual Texts

This book shows you how to use a key tool-text-based questions-to build students' literacy and critical thinking skills and meet the Common Core State Standards.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Why Text-Based Questions?
Chapter 2: The Different Types of Nonfiction Text
Chapter 3: Questions Students Should Be Asking About Texts
Chapter 4: Working with Multiple Texts
Chapter 5: Writing Good Responses to Text-Based Questions
Chapter 6: Evaluating Students' Responses to Text-Based Questions

About the author

Kevin Thomas Smith earned his B.A. and M.A.E. from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. During the past ten years, he has taught a variety of AP subjects, including AP World History, AP European History, and AP U.S. Government and Politics. In 2005 and 2006, the Clay County School Board recognized him as an exemplary teacher.
In addition to being a teacher, Kevin Thomas Smith is an AP Reader for the College Board. He also conducts workshops on text-based questions for elementary, middle, and high schools in his district. In 2012, he was invited to serve on a special task force on clinical education at the University of North Florida.

Summary

This book shows you how to use a key tool—text-based questions—to build students’ literacy and critical thinking skills and meet the Common Core State Standards.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Thomas Smith, Kevin Thomas (Clay County School District Smith, Smith Kevin Thomas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2014
• EAN: 9780415744041
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74404-1
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Curricula, Teaching of a specific subject, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary