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Tables of Contents for Illuminating Texts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
How to Use This Book
xiii
Introduction: Reading the World
1
17
The Reader's Tool Belt
3
3
What We Read: Types of Text
6
1
Where Should I Sit? The Role of the Teacher
7
2
Reading Standards Across the Curriculum
9
4
Classroom Connections
13
1
Closing Thoughts
14
4
Reading the Internet
18
20
Types of Texts on the Internet
20
1
Types of Web Sites
21
2
Questions to Ask
23
9
Classroom Connection: Reading the Vietnam War on the Web
32
4
Standards Connections
36
1
Closing Thoughts
36
2
Reading Textbooks
38
21
The Challenges of Textbooks
40
7
Elements of the Text
47
3
Questions to Ask
50
2
Classroom Connection
52
5
Closing Thoughts
57
2
Reading a Test
59
19
Introduction to Testing: Please Use a Number Two Pencil
60
2
The Politics of Testing
62
1
Testing Knowledge: Background and Considerations
63
2
Before the Test
65
2
Elements of a Test
67
5
Reading and Taking the Test
72
1
After the Test
73
1
Questions to Ask
74
1
Classroom Connection
75
1
Standards Connection
75
1
Closing Thoughts
76
2
Reading Literature
78
33
Types of Literature
82
3
Elements of Literature
85
7
Standards Connection
92
2
Classroom Connection: A Portfolio of Possibilities
94
14
Closing Thoughts
108
3
Reading Information
111
25
Defining Information
111
2
Types of Information
113
1
How We Use Information
114
1
Communicating Information
115
1
Understanding Information
116
3
The Elements of Information
119
3
Assessing the Quality of Information
122
5
Questions to Ask
127
2
Standards Connection
129
5
Closing Thoughts
134
2
Reading Images
136
26
Visual Literacy: What It Is, What It Looks Like
139
6
Read the Future: What Do You See?
145
3
Types of Images
148
1
Stop, Look--and Read
149
2
How and Why We Should Use Images in the Classroom
151
1
Questions to Ask
152
2
Classroom Connection: Cross-Curricular Possibilities
154
4
Standards Connections
158
2
Closing Thoughts: The Big Picture (but Not the Last Word!)
160
2
Epilogue: Reading the Future
162
43
Appendices
A. Works Cited
165
7
B. Evaluating a Web Site
172
3
C. Textbook Evaluation
175
3
D. Reading Standards Across Disciplines
178
9
E. Literacy Time Line
187
8
F. Reading Reminders Table of Contents
195
6
G. California Language Arts Content Standards Checklist (9-10)
201
2
H. California Language Arts Content Standards Checklist (11-12)
203
2
Index
205