Reading reconsidered : a practical guide to rigorous literacy instruction

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"In the 2010 article "Building a Better Teacher"--The article that "launched" Teach Like a Champion, journalist Elizabeth Green compared two schools of thought--one that teaching skills were the most important driver of classroom learning, the other that content knowledge was the true driver. Some readers saw a conflict between these two perspectives. The authors of Reading Reconsidered have always thought that the answer was more complex: that technique was irreplaceable and helped teachers maximize the application of their subject knowledge but there was also no substitute for content knowledge. Moreover, they believed, there were in fact techniques specific to each of the content areas that drive results and could be delineated and learned like the general techniques in Teach Like a Champion. Reading Reconsidered is the authors' first effort to take on the challenge of defining subject specific methods. It is an anxious time for many teachers but also a time of great opportunity. This book will provide a road map from confusion to success"-- Read more... Abstract: TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO READ LIKE CHAMPIONS WITH RIGOR, INDEPENDENCE, PRECISION, AND INSIGHT The world we are preparing our students to succeed in is one bound together by words and phrases. Our students learn their literature, history, math, science, or art via a firm foundation of strong reading skills. Read more... Content: Cover Title Page Copyright Contents DVD Contents Video Clips Useful Tools About The Authors About Uncommon Schools Acknowledgments Introduction ""Figuring Out'' Reading The Core of the Core How to Use This Book Notes Part 1 The Core of the Core. Chapter 1 Text Selection Module 1.1 The Decline of the Canon Module 1.2 Text Attributes and Leveling Systems Module 1.3 The Five Plagues of the Developing Reader Module 1.4 Book Choice Module 1.5 Managing Selection Chapter 2 Close Reading Module 2.1 Layered Reading. Module 2.2 Establish Meaning via Text-Dependent Questions Module 2.3 Close Reading to Analyze Meaning Module 2.4 Processing Ideas and Insights in Writing, and the Power of Clear Focus Module 2.5 Close Reading Bursts. Chapter 3 Reading Nonfiction, and the Challenge of Background Knowledge Module 3.1 The Key Challenge: Background Knowledge Module 3.2 Absorption Rate Module 3.3 Embedding Texts to Increase Absorption Rate and Build Background Knowledge. Module 3.4 Other Ways to Build Background Knowledge Module 3.5 Some Unique Challenges of Nonfiction Chapter 4 Writing for Reading Module 4.1 Reading Class Cycles Module 4.2 Writing Is Revising Module 4.3 Art of the Sentence Module 4.4 Building Stamina.