Turning the Page on Complex Texts

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Turning the Page on Complex Texts: Differentiated Scaffolds for Close Reading Instruction supports K–12 teachers in helping all students become productive close readers. Authors Diane Lapp, Barbara Moss, Maria C. Grant, and Kelly Johnson explain how to select appropriate complex texts and how to design next-step instruction to meet all students’ needs. Grade-specific classroom scenarios illustrate how to scaffold lessons to foster close reading and deepen comprehension at all stages of K–12 education.

ŘŘ Gain practical teaching strategies for creating close reading lessons ŘŘ Understand the key features of complex texts

—Timothy Shanahan

Distinguished Professor Emeritus University of Illinois at Chicago

“For K–12 teachers trying to figure out exactly how to teach close reading, this is an amazing resource. The authors have provided step-by-step guidelines for planning, teaching, assessing, and differentiating close reading of complex fiction and informational texts. Most helpful are the detailed classroom scenarios, which will help teachers visualize how close reading looks across different grade levels and classroom settings.” —Sophie C. Degener

Associate Professor Reading and Language Program National Louis University

ŘŘ Learn how to evaluate a text’s complexity and ask text-dependent questions ŘŘ Study why continuous close assessment of student performance is vital Visit go.SolutionTree.com/literacy to download the free reproducibles in this book.

Texts Differentiated Scaffolds for Close Reading Instruction

LAPP MOSS GRANT JOHNSON

ŘŘ Gain contingency scaffolds to promote student success in close reading

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Differentiated Scaffolds for Close Reading Instruction

K–12 teachers will:

“Turning the Page on Complex Texts provides practical advice on how to guide students to read—and to learn from—complex texts. Instead of just moving students to an easier text as we have often done in the past, Lapp, Moss, Grant, and Johnson explain the text-complexity mountain and show how students can be taught to climb it successfully. A must-read for teachers in the 21st century.”

Turning the Page on Complex Texts

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DIANE LAPP, BARBARA MOSS, MARIA C. GRANT, & KELLY JOHNSON


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