Turning the Page on Complex Texts

Ensure all learners become successful close readers. In this powerful resource, the authors examine what features make a text complex. Learn how to select appropriate complex texts and design instruction to meet the needs of every student. Explore grade-specific classroom scenarios that illustrate how to scaffold lessons to foster close reading and deepen comprehension at all stages of K12 education.BenefitsGain practical teaching strategies for creating close reading lessons.Consider grade-level-specific instructional scenarios that illustrate how to support students' reading comprehension as they learn to read closely.Learn how to evaluate a text's complexity and how to ask text-dependent questions that can help students engage with a text.Study evidence for why continuous close assessment of student performance is vital for making sure all students learn to closely read complex texts.Discover potential contingency scaffolds for the classroom and how to use them to promote student success in closely reading a text. ContentsIntroductionPart I: Background and Planning Information1 Understanding Close Reading2 Identifying Text Complexity3 Making Decisions That Support Close Reading Instruction4 Assessing During Close ReadingPart II: Instructional Scenarios5 Understanding What the Text Says Through Differentiated Scaffolds6 Understanding How the Text Works Through Differentiated Scaffolds7 Understanding What the Text Means Through Differentiated Scaffolds8 Supporting Knowledge Demands with Differentiated ScaffoldsEpilogueAppendix AReferences and Resources