Great Source Reader's Handbooks: Student Handbook Grades 9 - 12

by Jim Burke, Wendell Schwartz

This 783 page Great Source publication is a student reference for help with all sorts of reading skills. Chapters include reference information for reading skills such as Reading for Tests, Reading Poetry, Reading on the Internet, Improving Vocabulary, and many more. Students and teachers alike will find this book to be helpful whenever they need a reference source for reading skills.

Genres: Nonfiction

784 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

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A longtime English teacher, Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards, including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009, he created the English Companion Ning―the largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently, Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium.