This book provides a wealth of enactment techniques that help students apply their social, physical, and intellectual selves to the books they read to help improve their comprehension.

"In addition, A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension includes a comprehensive treatment of assessment in both drama and reading comprehension. Readers will find a variety of assessment guidelines, tasks, tools, and definitions of terms." "Discover the power of merging drama and reading comprehension by taking A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Accompanying DVD includes a first-grade reading workshop (shared reading, author studies, share time), an adult book discussion, a fourth-grade reading workshop (mini-lesson and literature discussion groups), and more.

In this text for teachers, the authors explain how to teach what really matters about character, setting, point of view, and theme.

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Energize your reading instruction through innovative, engaging reading strategies that will empower you to improve your students' comprehension. Written by Drs. Timothy Rasinski and Danny Brassell, these unique classroom-tested strategies integrate current research with real-life observation of diverse students in action. Learn why these comprehension strategies matter, as well as how to introduce activities to tap into students' multiple intelligences and improve reading instruction across the content areas.

Revised ed. of: Comprehension & collaboration.