[LM_NET] TARGET: MID. BOOK RESEARCH SKILLS

[COLETTE LAGEOLES <lageoles@RCN.COM>]

How do you teach middle school students (7th grade) how to
use non-fiction materials? I talk about/show the table of
contents, the index, and the subtitle, etc., but am
interested to know how you approach the subject. Do you use
handouts, for example? A couple of classes will be coming in
to do a research project on explorers, and the teacher feels,
not surprisingly, that the students are in dire need of how
to use a book! My lesson needs to cut to the chase in order
to give them time in the period to actually do the research.
(I've looked through the archives to no avail).

Thanks for your input and ideas.
Colette Lageoles
NYC Lab School
NYC Museum School
333 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011

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