The Teacher's Essential Guide to Content Area Reading leads the reader through Burke's teaching strategies, which draw from a combination of research and Jim's own experience as a public school teacher. He includes invaluable techniques to improve student reading as well as guidelines for explicit comprehension instruction--which strategies to use, when to use them, and how to use them with a variety of texts. He also

features guidelines and a template for designing effective reading lessons across content areas. For use with Grades 6-12.