Publisher's Synopsis
Read Short Stories of the Great Seaport as an enjoyable recreational book or read it to learn more of the functions of a Great Seaport. You may study it as a textbook either as a strong text for various components of Language Arts or for some highlights in Geography, History, or titbits of related Civics. The book could be further employed as an excellent help in designing, planning and successfully executing productive field trips particularly to an important geographical landmark such as a seaport and the related surrounding region. Each of the segmented short stories is followed by no less than ten comprehension questions (with those of the fifth and sixth stories merged). These questions are well designed not only to gauge the readers' level of understanding of the text, but also to further activate critical thinking, interactive deliberations on the various issues raised, as well as creative writing, comprehension answers, accurate and precise summaries and short essays. The Short Stories of The Great Seaport also incorporates various interactive projects which are specially carved to assist the interested reader in learning to internalize, demonstrate and practically apply some of the key lessons of the stories. They are designed to be engaging even as they build cooperative learning skills and encourage related career objectives. Projects and assignments that are constructive, manual, artistic and creative, will have an added advantage in the process of intellectually encoding and permanently internalizing the learned concepts. It is helpful to present the instruction in a coherent, concise and sequential manner, thereby ensuring that the subject matter learned is properly integrated into the overall body of information. This will assist not only in assessment and evaluation---where necessary--- but more importantly, in the timely recollection and practical application of the important knowledge gained. Knowledge gained in this manner is never wasted even when it is not apparently assessed in the short run. It is hoped that the Short Stories of the Great Seaport will be an enriching blessing and contribute significantly to such body of knowledge regardless of whether the book is employed mainly as a school text or purely enjoyed for its rich informative, interactive and recreational base.
