Paragraph Power
Authors: Terry Dodds, Maureen Chislett, Earl Dodds, and Marvin Dodds

Program Components

• Teacher’s Guidebook
  • Scripted lessons
  • Copy of student materials
  • Appendix A includes the Point Summary Chart, Thesaurus, and Homonyms Sheets
  • Answer Key
• Blackline masters for student materials

Paragraph Power is a 65 lesson language skill development and homework program that is specially designed to provide a highly motivating supplement to the Corrective Reading Decoding B2 Program. This program is appropriate for students in Grades 4 to 12 and adults who are learning to read in the Corrective Reading Decoding B2 Program or in any other remedial approach. One of the features of this program is that it may be used with students who need to become more proficient in written expression.

Instructional Sequence

The program has a consistent procedure:

• Daily homework check
• Guided practice of new skills (Power Exercises)
• Explanation of tasks to be completed for homework.

Find Out More!

• Goals
• Skills Taught
• Sample Lessons (Lessons 52-57)