Complex Text Decoded: How to Design Lessons and Use Strategies That Target Authentic Texts - Softcover

Kathy T. Glass (author)

 
9781416620372: Complex Text Decoded: How to Design Lessons and Use Strategies That Target Authentic Texts
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1416620370 ISBN 13: 9781416620372
Publisher: ASCD, 2015

Synopsis

In Complex Text Decoded, educational consultant and former master teacher Kathy T. Glass presents strategies, activities, and assessments that target students’ ability to comprehend complex text―whether presented as traditional written text or in multimedia formats―in grades 5-10. You’ll learn:

  • The essential elements of unit design and models for lesson planning.
  • Specific, step-by-step instruction for teaching vocabulary.
  • Effective questioning techniques.
  • Strategies and activities explicitly designed for teaching complex text.
  • How to measure text complexity and select appropriate texts that are aligned with curricular goals.


It's important to provide opportunities for students to read a wide variety of texts for different purposes and along a spectrum of difficulty and length. To meet the goal of comprehensively grasping complex text, students must have concrete tools to help them become highly skilled readers. Complex Text Decoded enables teachers to provide precisely that.

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In Complex Text Decoded, educational consultant and former master teacher Kathy T. Glass presents strategies, activities, and assessments that target students' ability to comprehend complex textwhether presented as traditional written text or in multimedia formatsin grades 510. You'll learn * The essential elements of unit design and models for lesson planning. * Specific, step-by-step instruction for teaching vocabulary. * Effective questioning techniques. * Strategies and activities explicitly designed for teaching complex text. * How to measure text complexity and select appropriate texts that are aligned with curricular goals. It's important to provide opportunities for students to read a wide variety of texts for different purposes and along a spectrum of difficulty and length. To meet the goal of comprehensively grasping complex text, students must have concrete tools to help them become highly skilled readers. Complex Text Decoded enables teachers to provide precisely that.

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Publisher
ASCD
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1416620370
ISBN 13 
9781416620372
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
195