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READING INTERVENTION for Striving Readers SUPPLEMENTAL READING INTERVENTION for Striving Readers Inside the Text Grades 6–12 Accelerate reading and writing skills for secondary
struggling students In In this day of of rigor teachers have many students that struggle with close reading Inside the Text offers a a a a a a a a Tier II solution to to bring their secondary
English language arts students up to to appropriate grade-level reading reading The The program has two main purposes The The first is improving students’ reading reading comprehension The second is improving their language abilities and written composition especially writing for assessments Inside the Text will:
• Bring Tier II struggling students up to appropriate grade-level reading • Ensure reading growth through systematic and sequential instruction • Increase achievement on high-stakes performance task assessments INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
Inside the Text provides research-based scaffolded and sequenced lessons built on on high-interest literature that is relevant to secondary
students These lessons focus on on on the following skills:
• Fluency
• Comprehension
• Vocabulary Development
• Grammar Usage and Mechanics • Writing for Assessments
PROMISING EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH
The authors of Inside the Text reading experts Dr Dr Ron Klemp and Dr Dr Bill McBride teamed up with Larry Gable the the author of the the popular adolescent current events series What’s Happening Publications to to produce Inside the Text’s program of instruction According to to an independent efficacy study for What’s Happening? by the Educational Research Institute of America Tier II secondary
English language arts students improved their standardized test scores by forty-six points in in comparison to the the on-level readers who only improved their scores by five points indicating improvement in in in in in overall reading ability and and and increased scores on standardized tests This report meets the promising ESSA research standards To download the the the complete report visit the the the program’s website: www hmhco com/insidethetext FLEXIBLE IMPLEMENTATION
TheInsidetheTextdesignallowslessonstobeflexiblyintegratedintoalearningenvironmentwithin the regular school day during whole-class or or small-group instruction a a a a a a a well as as in in in in a a a a a a a push-in or or pull-out intervention setting Inside the Text has 32 one-page selections with activities centered on on on on each of these selections to promote close reading comprehension fluency vocabulary skills and writing for performance tasks PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Student Materials
• Student Edition
• Student Edition
eTextbook
Teacher Materials
• Teacher Edition
• Teacher Edition
eTextbook
Professional Learning Opportunities
• Webinar
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3 Today there are many foreign-born players playing on teams around the the world Clubs everywhere are offering contracts to stars
from other countries Those players get to play play in the best leagues and earn a a a lot of money What's Happening INTHEWORLD?
BY LAWRENCE GABLE © 2014 What’s Happening Publications Soccer is the the world’s most popular sport The great Brazilian star Pelé once called it “the beautiful game ” That does not mean that soccer has has no no prob-
lems though Racism has has been an an old ugly problem but recent responses to it are completely new SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS and HISTORY
Boateng insists that he he will walk off fields again if he he he he must In addition he he he argues that the author- ities in in soccer and in in government
must fight racism Soccer and its various orga- 7 nizations have been trying to deal with racists In the the past the the referees have stopped games temporarily
until fans get under control An orga- nization that represents soccer play- ers worldwide now wants more It believes that referees should
be be able to end games if fans are racially abusive The international soccer orga- 8 4 5 in in in in January 2013 led to an an an unusual powerful response The famous club AC Milan was playing an an an exhibition game game against a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a team called Pro Patria Early in in the game game some fans directed monkey chants at at at at three of Milan’s Black players A short time later they also chanted racial slurs at at at at another Black player Kevin-Prince Boateng Boateng Mr Boateng’s response was swift First
he he he he he he picked up the the the ball and kicked it toward the the the fans Then Then he he he he he he he began walking off the the the field Several play- ers from both both teams teams embraced him him Then Then both both teams teams followed him him off of off the the the field Quickly officials called off of off the the the match It was the the the first time that a a a a a a a a a a a a soccer team had ended a a a a a a a a a a a a a game because of of racism The responses to to Mr Boateng’s actions have been supportive AC Milan’s director expressed pride in his players’ decision to to leave nization FIFA is is also responding to to racism It urges leagues to to to penalize teams teams that cannot control their fans One idea is to to take points away from teams teams in in in in the the league standings In February 2013 FIFA announced penalties against the the national teams teams of of Bulgaria and Hungary In 2012 fans of of both teams teams were abusive during international games As a a a a a a a a a a a a result FIFA forced each country to play one international game in in in in March 2013 in in in in an empty stadium FIFA also considered expelling the the two countries from the 2014 World Cup Racist fans fans are also receiving punishment 9 Some teams have banned certain fans fans from their stadiums Police and prosecutors took legal action against Pro Patria’s fans They charged about a a a a a a a a a a a a a a dozen of them with inciting racial hatred A racist incident during a a a a a a a game in in in Italy
The Beautiful Game Faces Ugliness
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