More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension: Expanding Students' Understanding of All Type of Texts - Softcover

Serafini, Dr Frank; Youngs, Suzette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0325011214 ISBN 13: 9780325011219

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S., 2008

Synopsis

Lessons in Comprehension helped your students improve their comprehension. Now take your readers to the next level with More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension. With More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension Frank Serafini and Suzette Youngs present 64 new, more sophisticated lessons for elementary and middle school readers. Lessons that make explicit the skills students need to engage with a wide variety of texts of increasing complexity. Youll help students:

• develop layered, personal interpretations of texts and visual images
• discuss and negotiate their interpretations within a community of readers
• read more deeply across genres and sustain interpretations across longer texts
• think critically about their reading and analyze texts from a variety of theoretical perspectives.

More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension also offers you a powerful new tool for assessing your teaching and its effectiveness. Its Instructional Trajectory allows you to:

• plan instruction with longer-term comprehension goals in mind
• keep teaching relevant to students real-life needs
• make sure that everything readers do moves them toward deeper comprehension.

More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension is a complete resource. Its supported by the actual classroom language that Serafini and Youngs use with their students as well as examples of all the forms, charts, and artifacts related to each lesson. If youve already taught with Lessons in Comprehension, pick up More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension. Or if youve just discovered Serafini and Youngs approach, try More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension in your classroom. Either way, youll find that More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension deepens students understandingone ready-to-use lesson at a time. To purchase More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension: Expanding Students' Understanding of All Types of Texts as an eBook, click here.

About this title

About the Authors

Frank Serafini is the author of the Heinemann title Classroom Reading Assessment. He is a leading voice on the reading workshop, whether the topic is implementation, planning, assessment, or comprehension. His passion for the workshop has helped tens of thousands of teachers find more effective and professionally satisfying teaching through Heinemann professional books such as Around the Reading Workshop in 180 Days, Lessons in Comprehension, and The Reading Workshop and his newest book released in late 2015, Reading Workshop 2.0. Frank is a Professor of Literacy Education at Arizona State University and he brings his ideas, experiences, and deep understanding of reading instruction to teachers around the country as a member of Heinemann Professional Development Services.

Suzette Youngs is the coauthor of several Heinemann titles, including More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension (2008), Writing Withouth Boundaries (2007), and Around the Reading Workshop in 180 Days (2006). Suzette taught the intermediate grades in multiage classrooms in Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. She is currently teaching courses in reading methods and children's literature while pursuing a doctorate at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her love of literature inspires not only her students, but also her two daughters, Chandler and Morgan.

Suzette Youngs is a Heinemann Professional Development provider.

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0325011214
• ISBN 13: 9780325011219
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 195