
Teaching Skills for Complex Text
Deepening Close Reading in the Classroom
Heidi Anne E. Mesmer(Author)
Teachers' College Press
Published on 23. December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-8077-5814-4 (ISBN)
Description
Tired of hearing about "complex text"? Bothered by the pushy messages about "challenge"? This book is for you! Unlike the many other materials on text complexity, this one focuses on specific, comprehension skills that students need in order to really engage with text. This book will help elementary school teachers equip their students with practical tools and understandings of the structures and conventions that allow them to excel, including concrete tools, passages, games, lessons, and examples to teach anaphora, connectives, paragraph structure, gathering evidence (fiction and nonfiction), and text challenge. A final chapter specifies how to stretch students in texts while attending to their stamina, executive skills, and interests.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-5814-4 (9780807758144)
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Person
Heidi Anne E. Mesmer is an associate professor of literacy education at Virginia Tech.