Reading Stories for Comprehension Success

Katherine Hall received her B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Texas at El Paso. She has worked with elementary students for many years as a first grade, ESL, and resource room teacher. Ms. Hall was an active member of the Texas State Council for the International Reading Association for over ten years and has presented various teacher inservice workshops. She has published articles in several magazines and currently tutors students at the elementary through college levels.

• INTRODUCTION. Using Reading Stories for Comprehension Success.Introductory Activities.Extension Activities.Literal and Interpretive Questions.Who Can Use Reading Stories for Comprehension Success?Classroom Environment.Attention Deficit Disorder.Teaching Strategies.Reading Ability Guidelines.Presenting the Story Lesson.Pretest.Teacher Lesson Plan.Lesson Plan Form.Course Synopsis Form.Student Data Sheet.In Conclusion.READING LEVEL 10.Under Each Title:About the Story.Quotes of the Week.Interview Topic.Preview Words.Word-Origin Study.Books to Read.Book Club.Introductory Activities.Extension Activities.Story Selection.Questions Sheet.Titles:Habitat for Humanity.An Unlikely Volunteer.George Catlin: Portraitist of Native America.The Mutating World of Recorded Music.Chess: The Game of Antiquity.Deep Blue and the Turing Test.Microphotography.Violence in Our Schools.Trading the Outdoors for the Indoors.Bonsai: Little Trees in a Pot.Dreams: What Do They Mean?Among the Stars: Carl Sagan.Privatizing Space.Interstellar Space Travel: Make Your Reservation Now.Benjamin Banneker: America's Scientific Excellence.READING LEVEL 11.Under Each Title:About the Story.Quotes of the Week.Interview Topic.Preview Words.Word-Origin Study.Books to Read.Book Club.Introductory Activities.Extension Activities.Story Selection.Questions Sheet.Titles:What Can We Learn from a Frozen Land?: Antarctica.The Rhythm of Latin American Music.The Epic Paintings of Jacob Lawrence.The Sinking of the Vasa.The Vasa Returns Home.The West Wind.Why Do We Kiss Under the Mistletoe?Copyright Laws vs. Videocassette Recorders.Apollo 204.Cold War Hysteria or Espionage: The Rosenberg Trial.South America's Atlantis.Teenage Smokers.America's Youth: Making a Difference."Home is Where the Heart is": The Ronald McDonald House.Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth: Saving Time, Saving Money.READING LEVEL 12.Under Each Title:About the Story.Quotes of the Week.Interview Topic.Preview Words.Word-Origin Study.Books to Read.Book Club.Introductory Activities.Extension Activities.Story Selection.Questions Sheet.Titles:The Dresden Codex.Radioactive Seas.Microbes in Outer Space.Something's Wrong with the Frogs.Halloween: From Past to Present.Immigrant Cars.America's Navajo Code Talkers.Could It Be Magic?The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.Mandatory Volunteerism.Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.The Hack Attack.Immerse Yourself in a Virtual Reality.Zoo Atlanta's Virtual Gorilla Habitat.Reliving the Ancient Voyage of the Polynesians.