Jamestown Education - McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Jamestown Education - McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Jamestown Education - McGraw-Hill Ryerson
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Reading Nonfiction<br />
Benefits students who...<br />
Rarely choose to read<br />
Can’t apply skills/strategies<br />
Perform poorly on tests<br />
Have limited comprehension skills<br />
Read below grade level<br />
The Outer Edge TM<br />
Energize low-level readers with a series based on<br />
amazing, true stories<br />
Motivate students with high-interest selections at a lower-level<br />
readability<br />
Improve proficiency in reading nonfiction<br />
Prepare students for standardized test using critical thinking questions<br />
The Outer Edge TM builds on the success of <strong>Jamestown</strong>’s popular Wild Side and<br />
Critical Reading series, enticing struggling readers with amazing, strange, and<br />
unbelievable nonfiction, now at a lower reading level. Comprehension<br />
questions reinforce literal understanding, while critical thinking questions<br />
encourage students to speculate about author’s purpose, make inferences,<br />
identify cause and effect, support conclusions, and make predictions.<br />
Amazing, courageous, and daring nonfiction<br />
• Rock climber cuts off own arm to survive<br />
• Costa Rican fishermen survive 142 days adrift at sea<br />
• Magician rallies passengers on sinking ship<br />
• Acrobat in grass skirt catches fire while jumping over flaming rope<br />
• Oldest smoke jumper still active<br />
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