Dramer, Daniel L. <br/><br/>
Monsters :  21 Stories of the Most Fantastic and Gruesome Creatures of All Time, with Exercises for Developing Critical Reading Skills / 
Dan Dramer. 
 - Providence, RI :  Jamestown Publishers,  1985. 
 - 158 p. :  ill. ;  21 x 27 cm. 
 - Critical Reading. .
<br/><br/> Includes the answer key for the exercises. 
<br/><br/>"Young people and adults alike have long been fascinated by monsters. The term monster encompasses an array of ghastly creatures from legendary and mythical entities such as the Cyclops and Count Dracula to movie space creatures with green skin and enigmas such as the Loch Ness Monster. Monsters have appeared in the folklore of peoples all over the world for thousands of years, and in literature, drama, art, and movies. The grisly and the horrible seem to attract just about everyone. Monsters helps you to capitalize on this interest by providing stories about some of the world's most famous monsters to guide your students in the development of their critical reading skills.  Monsters provides interesting subject matter for thoughtful interpretation and exciting discussion, while challenging your students in four critical reading categories: main idea, important details, inferences, and vocabulary in context. Monsters can also help your students to improve their reading rates. Timing of the selections is optional, but many teachers find it an effective motivating device.  Monsters consists of twenty-one units divided into three groups of seven units each. All the stories in a group are on the same reading level. Group One is at the sixth-grade reading level, Group Two at the seventh, and Group Three at the eighth, as assessed by the Fry Formula for Estimating Readability." (Introduction)<br/> TABLE OF CONTENTS : To the Teacher Introduction How to Use This Book Sample Unit To the Student<br/> GROUP ONE   1. The Cyclops<br/> 2. King Kong<br/> 3. Medusa<br/> 4. Bigfoot<br/> 5. Has Earth Been Visited by Creatures from UFOs?<br/> 6. The Nemean Lion and the Hound of Hell<br/> 7. Fabulous Fakes<br/> GROUP TWO <br/> 8. Move Monsters<br/> 9. Frankenstein's Monster<br/> 10. The Minotaur<br/> 11. Giants<br/> 12. Nessie<br/> 13. The Chimera <br/> 14. Creatures of the Imagination<br/> GROUP THREE<br/> 15. Grendel <br/> 16. The Kraken<br/> 17. Dracula<br/> 18. The Walking Dead<br/> 19. Werewolves <br/> 20. The Yeti<br/> 21. Dragons<br/> Answer Key<br/> Words per Minute Table<br/> Progress Graphs<br/>  Reading Speed<br/>  Critical Reading Scores<br/> Picture Credits<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0890614512 (pbk) 9780890614518 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reading comprehension.