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Book SynopsisTEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO READ LIKE CHAMPIONS WITH RIGOR, INDEPENDENCE, PRECISION, AND INSIGHT The world we are preparing our students to succeed in is one bound together by words and phrases. Our students learn their literature, history, math, science, or art via a firm foundation of strong reading skills.
Trade Review“This concentrates so much outstanding material in the space of a book, plus an excellent DVD showing the approach in practice, that it should be read by every headteacher and English co-ordinator in the country and incorporated into training for new and practising teachers.” (Conservative Home, May 2016)
“…contains a wealth of information and practical advice – most of it distilled from experienced practitioners – that will be of benefit to anyone teaching reading and literacy.” (InTuition, June 2016)
Table of ContentsVideo Contents ix
About the Authors xvii
About Uncommon Schools xix
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction 1
Part 1 The Core of the Core 11
1 Text Selection 13
Module 1.1:The Decline of the Canon 18
Module 1.2: Text Attributes and Leveling Systems 23
Module 1.3: The Five Plagues of the Developing Reader 29
Module 1.4: Book Choice 45
Module 1.5: Managing Selection 52
2 Close Reading 57
Module 2.1: Layered Reading 63
Module 2.2: Establish Meaning via Text-Dependent Questions 71
Module 2.3: Close Reading to Analyze Meaning 83
Module 2.4: Processing Ideas and Insights in Writing, and the Power of Clear Focus 97
Module 2.5: Close Reading Bursts 102
3 Reading Nonfiction, and the Challenge of Background Knowledge 113
Module 3.1: The Key Challenge: Background Knowledge 117
Module 3.2: Absorption Rate 120
Module 3.3: Embedding Texts to Increase Absorption Rate and Build Background Knowledge 123
Module 3.4: Other Ways to Build Background Knowledge 137
Module 3.5: Some Unique Challenges of Nonfiction 143
4 Writing for Reading 155
Module 4.1: Reading Class Cycles 161
Module 4.2: Writing Is Revising 178
Module 4.3: Art of the Sentence 186
Module 4.4: Building Stamina 195
Module 4.5: Monitoring and Assessment via the Stack Audit 200
Part 2 The Fundamentals 205
5 Approaches to Reading: Reading More, Reading Better 207
Module 5.1: Approaches to Reading 211
Module 5.2: Accountable Independent Reading (AIR) 216
Module 5.3: Control the Game 225
Module 5.4: Read-Aloud 239
6 Vocabulary Instruction: Breadth and Depth 249
Module 6.1: Explicit and Implicit Vocabulary Instruction Compared 253
Module 6.2: Explicit Vocabulary Instruction: The Daily Word Rollout to Achieve Deep Word Knowledge 256
Module 6.3: Implicit Instruction: Building Vocabulary During Reading 270
Module 6.4: Maintenance and Extension 281
7 Reading Systems 287
Module 7.1: Interactive Reading: An Overview 290
Module 7.2: Phases of Implementation: Rollout, Modeling, Prompting, Autonomy 293
Module 7.3: Interactive Reading System: How to Mark Up a Text (and What to Mark) 299
Module 7.4: Discussion Systems: Laying the Groundwork for Habits of Discussion∗ 307
Module 7.5: Discussion Systems: Beyond the Groundwork 314
8 Toward Intellectual Autonomy 323
Module 8.1: Frameworks for Interpretation 327
Module 8.2: Technical Vocabulary 338
Module 8.3: Phases of Development 342
Module 8.4: Autonomous Writing Structures 352
Module 8.5: Autonomous Discussion Structures 355
Appendix: Useful Tools 365
Index 387
How to Access the Online Contents 411
More Ways to Engage and Learn with Teach Like a Champion 415
