TEACH
READING ^ Fiderer,
Adele 35
Rubrics & Checklists to Assess Reading & Writing: Time-Saving Reproducible
Forms Scholastic Trade. Grellet,
Francoise Developing
Reading Skills Cambridge Univ. Press. Laguardia,
Dolores & Hans P. Guth American
Voices: Culture & Community. Mayfield Pub. Co. - 1997. OŽBrien-Palmer
Michelle Beyond
Book Reports: 50 Totally Terrific Literature Response Activities That Develop
Great Readers & Writers Micnik Pub. Tarbell,
Shirley 501
Reading Comprehension Questions Learning Express. Agatha
Christie ^ Agatha Christie (& other
mystery writers) has several advantages for language learners: 1.
Extensive dialogue, for learning everyday speech.
2. Physical locations
& actions make the story concrete, rather than abstract.
3. Description
of people & places gives extensive vocabulary.
4. Looking for clues
focuses attention on the action, rather than on language.
5. Extensive
use of subjunctive & conditional.
6. Very interesting. Who
was Agatha Christie? Agatha
Christie: An Autobiography
The
Lost Days of Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Novels
The
Body in the Library
Death
on the Nile
Dumb
Witness
Five
Little Pigs
The
Man in the Brown Suit
The
Mirror CrackŽd
The
Mousetrap
Murder
on the Orient Express
Nemesis
The
Secret of Chimneys
The
Witness for the Prosecution
SPANISH ^
Cinco
Cerditos / Murder in Retrospect
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