Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading

Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading
Title Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading PDF eBook
Author Isabel L. Beck
Publisher Guilford Publications
Pages 272
Release 2016-01-18
Genre Education
ISBN 1462524869

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Grasping the meaning of a text enables K-8 students to appreciate its language and structure through close reading, which in turn leads to deeper comprehension. This book explains the relationship between comprehension and close reading and offers step-by-step guidelines for teaching both of these key elements of literacy. Reproducible lessons are shared for eight engaging texts (excerpts from fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), complete with discussion tips, queries that scaffold comprehension, close reading activities, and connections to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The authors model lesson development and guide teachers in constructing their own lessons. Ten additional text selections are provided in the Appendix. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print all 18 texts in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Understanding Reading Comprehension

Understanding Reading Comprehension
Title Understanding Reading Comprehension PDF eBook
Author Wayne Tennent
Publisher SAGE
Pages 225
Release 2014-09-29
Genre Education
ISBN 1473909562

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Can baboons read? That is the thought-provoking question that opens this wonderfully accessible book for trainee and practising primary school teachers to fully understand the process of reading comprehension. Comprehension is an essential component of learning to read and a successful teacher of reading will have a portfolio of different strategies and approaches that take in to account that children learn to read in different ways. This book supports the development of student and practising teachers’ subject knowledge by providing detailed guidance in to the reading comprehension process, along with practical strategies and lesson ideas for use in the classroom. Drawing from educational and psychological research, coverage includes: School-based activities in every chapter An in-depth focus on the inference making process The role of vocabulary and syntax in comprehension Cognitive and meta-cognitive processes including the use of memory Advice on developing effective classroom talk with different groups of children Using different text genres and selecting texts

Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading

Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading
Title Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading PDF eBook
Author Isabel L. Beck
Publisher Guilford Publications
Pages 272
Release 2015-12-08
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1462524893

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Grasping the meaning of a text enables K-8 students to appreciate its language and structure through close reading, which in turn leads to deeper comprehension. This book explains the relationship between comprehension and close reading and offers step-by-step guidelines for teaching both of these key elements of literacy. Reproducible lessons are shared for eight engaging texts (excerpts from fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), complete with discussion tips, queries that scaffold comprehension, close reading activities, and connections to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The authors model lesson development and guide teachers in constructing their own lessons. Texts for 10 additional lessons are provided in the Appendix. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print all 18 texts in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Robust Comprehension Instruction with Questioning the Author

Robust Comprehension Instruction with Questioning the Author
Title Robust Comprehension Instruction with Questioning the Author PDF eBook
Author Isabel L. Beck
Publisher Guilford Publications
Pages 210
Release 2020-11-16
Genre Education
ISBN 1462544797

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This practical K–12 teacher resource explains the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of using Questioning the Author (QtA), a powerful approach for enhancing reading comprehension and engagement. Thorough yet concise, the book shows how to plan lessons using both narrative and expository texts, formulate open-ended Queries, and guide class discussions around them. The authors discuss how QtA has evolved over many years of classroom application and include innovative ideas for integrating vocabulary instruction and writing prompts into QtA lessons. Also provided are steps for gradually transitioning from teacher-led instruction to independent reading. The book features extended examples of teachers implementing QtA, as well as four complete texts that can be downloaded and printed for classroom use.

Research-Based Practices for Teaching Common Core Literacy

Research-Based Practices for Teaching Common Core Literacy
Title Research-Based Practices for Teaching Common Core Literacy PDF eBook
Author P. David Pearson
Publisher Teachers College Press
Pages 289
Release 2015-05-22
Genre Education
ISBN 080775644X

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Creating Robust Vocabulary

Creating Robust Vocabulary
Title Creating Robust Vocabulary PDF eBook
Author Isabel L. Beck
Publisher Guilford Publications
Pages 202
Release 2008-04-27
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1593857543

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The authors provide tools, tips, and examples for teaching vocabulary in this complementary companion to Bringing words to life.

Readings

Readings
Title Readings PDF eBook
Author Julian Wolfreys
Publisher
Pages 188
Release 2000
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN

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Through a series of short essays, Readings traces the consideration given to the act of close reading in literary criticism and theory over the last thirty years. Focusing on short passages from a number of critical works, including those by Barthes, Cixous, de Man, Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva, Lacan and J. Hillis Miller amongst others, the essays enact close readings of the trope of reading - its movements and performances in each of the passages in question - so as to offer a more detailed comprehension of the nature of reading, and the ways in which critical thinking has transformed our understanding of what it means to read. Readings addresses in a lively and engaging manner the varying rhythms and articulations made possible through the careful tracing of the process of critical reading which literary theory has made available.