Writing About Reading: Non-Fiction Text Patterns

In 2006, the WritingFix website co-sponsored the creation of a quality print resource for 4th-12th grade teachers. The Reading in the Content Areas Guide provided ideas for teachers in five areas: 1) engaging students before, during, and after reading; 2) teaching content area vocabulary; 3) using text patterns to teach reading comprehension in non-fiction writing; 4) note-taking and summarizing strategies; 5) using collaborative reading strategies.

Over 3000 copies of the Reading in the Content Areas Guide are now being used not only in Northern Nevada but also across the United States, Canada, and Australia. Teachers who have purchased and used the guide have adapted many of its strategies to fit their teaching style, and many have shared those adaptations with us.

During the 2008-09 school year, WritingFix will be further developing its collection of resources that focus on the connections between writing and reading comprehension. New ideas on using text patterns to teach better reading comprehension --ones not featured in the Reading in the Content Areas Guide--will eventually be housed on this page.

If you have ideas on engaging students in reading that you'd like to share, contact us at webmaster@writingfix.com. We always send a free NNWP publication with teachers whose ideas we post here.

During 2008-09, please continue to check back with us. This page will grow as the school year progresses.