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by Robert Scholes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
“I believe that it is in our interest as individuals to become crafty readers, and in the interest of the nation to educate citizens in the craft of reading. The craft, not the art. . . . This book is about that craft.”—from the IntroductionThis latest book from the well-known literary critic Robert...
The Handy Literature Answer Book
An Engaging Guide to Unraveling Symbols, Signs and Meanings in Great Works
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
From the epic of Gilgamesh to Aristotle and Cicero, and from Shakespeare and the King James Bible to Wuthering Heights, War and Peace, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the Nobel-winning lyrics of Bob Dylan, the world of literature is an integral part of our lives. Great literature can shape...
by Shelley B. Wepner, Dorothy S. Strickland, Diana J. Quatroche
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Now in its fifth edition, this popular textbook is still the most comprehensive resource available on the oversight of literacy programs (pre-K–12). Focusing on what literacy leaders need to know and do to meet today’s mandates, experts in the field offer new insights that reflect the...
by Kaplan Test Prep
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Kaplan's SAT Reading & Writing Prep provides the realistic practice, in-depth review, and expert advice you need to master the reading, writing, and essay sections of the SAT. Our guide includes focused quizzes, essay-writing tips, and score-raising strategies from Kaplan's top experts to help you...
by Nooreiny Maarof
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Assessing Second Language Reading is addressed to both teacher-trainees and to those interested in the teaching and learning of reading in a second or foreign language. It is specifically for teachers who are interested in an alternative method of assessing readers reading comprehension for both research...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2008
Lack of reading proficiency is a barrier to understanding the academic content of any discipline. Effective Practice for Adolescents with Reading and Literacy Challenges provides secondary teachers with the knowledge and the strategies they need to improve their students' reading skills. Editors Denti...
Literary Reading, Cognition and Emotion
An Exploration of the Oceanic Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
This work seeks to chart what happens in the embodied minds of engaged readers when they read literature. Despite the recent stylistic, linguistic, and cognitive advances that have been made in text-processing methodology and practice, very little is known about this cultural-cognitive process and...
Explaining Reading, Third Edition
A Resource for Explicit Teaching of the Common Core Standards
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
This trusted teacher resource and widely adopted text presents effective ways to demystify essential reading skills and strategies for K-8 students who are struggling. It has been fully revised to focus on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts. Following a concise introduction...
So Many Books
Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
"Gabriel Zaid's defense of books is genuinely exhilarating. It is not pious, it is wise; and its wisdom is delivered with extraordinary lucidity and charm. This is how Montaigne would have written about the dizzy and increasingly dolorous age of the Internet. May So Many Books fall...
by Catherine Sheldrick Ross
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Based on years of ground-breaking research, this book supplies a look at the unique relationship between each text and the individual reader that results in a satisfying, pleasurable, and even life-changing reading experience.
• Supplies succinct, authoritative, and readable accounts on a...
by Archie L. Dick
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans; strategies that have...
"You Gotta BE the Book"
Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This award-winning book continues to resonate with teachers and inspire their teaching because it focuses on the joy of reading and how it can engage and even transform readers. In a time of next generation standards that emphasize higher-order strategies, text complexity, and the reading of nonfiction,...
Literary Conversations in the Classroom
Deepening Understanding of Nonfiction and Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Combining research with real-life classroom examples, this book demonstrates how high-level conversations centered on fiction and nonfiction can promote student understanding and help them meet and exceed a spectrum of standards. The authors demonstrate how to use literary conversations in small,...
SuperReading for Success
The Groundbreaking, Brain-Based Program to Improve Your Speed, Enhance Your Memo ry, and Increase Your Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Learn to go beyond your average speed reading skills—with SuperReading™
A practical guide to boosting speed, comprehension, and powers of recall!
Packed with tools and techniques from the author's years of experience, this book can help readers overcome poor reading habits and learn...