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Critical Reading: Three Ways to Read and Discuss Texts
Designed to help students think about their reading and writing skills, this page offers three different ways to interpret and discuss texts.
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Live binders.com: Reader and Task Considerations
Reader and task considerations including Cognitive Capabilities, Reading Skills, Motivation and Engagement with Task and Text, Prior Knowledge and Experience, Content and/or Theme Concerns, Complexity of Associated Tasks.
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Mantex: Tutorials: What Is Close Reading?
This site discusses the four types of reading: Linguistic, Semantic, Structural, and Cultural and offers a detailed example of close reading. RL.11-12.3 Auth choice story elem, RL.11-12.5 Choice of Text Structure
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Prezi: What Is Complex Literature?
This Prezi was created by Marko Zlomislic. The presentation explains what constitutes complex literature. It defines complex texts, discusses the varied benefits of learning to read them, and provides links to lesson plans and examples....