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Be a Better Reader Level D - Teacher's Edition - Softcover

Smith, Nila Banton

 
9780130238795: Be a Better Reader Level D - Teacher's Edition

Synopsis

This time-tested and research-based program prepares students for reading success by providing brief reading selections and direct instruction of essential skills at their appropriate instructional level. Essential skill strands developed in this series include word analysis, vocabulary development, critical thinking, study skills, and life skills.The program's Interest Level is 6-12 and Reading Levels 3-10: BABR LevelReading Level BABRLevel Reading Level Starting Out3-4 Level D 7 Level A4 Level E8 Level B5 Level F9 Level C6 Level G10

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About the Author

Dan Gerber was born and grew up in western Michigan and received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1962. He has worked as a corporate executive, an automobile dealer, a professional racing driver, and a high school teacher. From 1968 through 1972, with Jim Harrison, he co-edited the literary magazine "Sumac". He has traveled extensively as a journalist, particularly in Africa. He has been writer-in-residence at Michigan State University and Grand Valley State College and has lectured, read, and taught at numerous colleges, universities, libraries, schools, and museums throughout the United States and England. He and his wife, Debbie, divide their year between central California and southeastern Idaho.

Dan Gerber has published three novels, a short-story collection and six books of poems, including "A Last Bridge Home; New Selected Poems" and "Trying to Catch the Horses". He was the recipient of the Michigan Author Award in 1992, had work selected for inclusion in "Best American Poetry 1999", and received the Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature in 2001.

Synopsis

Lawrence Bancroft walks out on his father's funeral and his position as heir to a multimillion-dollar pie company. He wants to be a poet and pursues his dream across the length and breadth of America, serving up a portrait not only of the state of the nation but of a man in search of himself.

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