Reading better, reading smarter : designing literature lessons for adolescents /

Appleman, Deborah.

Reading better, reading smarter : designing literature lessons for adolescents / Deborah Appleman and Michael F. Graves. - Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2012. - xvi, 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: What Is a Scaffolded Reading Experience? -- Prereading Activities -- During-Reading Activities -- Postreading Activities -- Variability in Scaffolded Reading Experiences -- Critical Constructs Underlying Scaffolded Reading Experiences -- Differentiating Instruction -- A Final Word -- ch. 1 Prereading Activities -- Motivating -- Relating the Reading to Students' Lives -- Building or Activating Background Knowledge -- Providing Text-Specific Knowledge -- Preteaching Vocabulary -- Preteaching Concepts -- Prequestioning, Predicting, and Setting Direction -- Suggesting Strategies -- Considering Literary Elements -- Suggesting Literary Lenses -- A Final Word -- ch. 2 During-Reading Activities -- Silent Reading -- Reading to Students -- Supported Reading -- Traditional Study Activities -- Student Oral Reading -- Modifying the Text -- A Final Word -- ch. 3 Postreading Activities -- Questioning -- Discussion -- Writing -- Drama -- Artistic, Graphic, and Nonverbal Activities -- Application and Outreach -- Building Connections -- Reteaching -- A Final Word -- ch. 4 Lenses for Approaching Literary Texts -- Getting Started: Prereading Activities -- Introducing Literary Lenses -- Scaffolding Reading Experiences and Literary Lenses -- A Final Word -- ch. 5 Comprehensive SREs for English Classes -- Comprehensive SRE for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Comprehensive SRE for "The Boy Without a Flag" / Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. -- A Final Word -- ch. 6 Selecting Texts and Assessing Student Performance -- Selecting Texts -- Assessing Student Performance -- A Final Word.

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Lesson planning.
Literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)
Reading (Secondary)
Teenagers--Books and reading.

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