Making Paper
“Making Paper” describes how a class turned waste paper into an interesting, new kind of paper. This example of a procedural text includes explanations and is well supported with photos.
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Series: Junior Journal 44 Level 2 2012
Reading year level: 2
Colour wheel level: Gold
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: making paper, waste paper, procedural text, explanations, recycling, environment, technology
Making Paper
Words by Trish Puharich
It requires students to “confidently use a range of processing and comprehension strategies to make meaning from and think critically about” text (from The Literacy Learning Progressions, page 14).
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