Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives: Comprehending, Analyzing, and Discussing Text

Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives: Comprehending, Analyzing, and Discussing Text

Empower students to take ownership of their reading and learning with <i>Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives</i>. In this comprehensive guide, the authors explore the relationship between text, learner, and learning through discussion and rhetorical writing at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.<P> Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. Clearly defined strategies will drive discussion-based learning. Examine the hidden dangers of controlling classroom discourse, foster critical literacy through questioning and instructional routines, and encourage students to find meaning and cultivate thinking from expository texts--even the most challenging ones. Finally, because all students learn differently, you'll explore new-media texts and web 2.0 to accommodate learning differences among your students.<P> <b>Benefits</b><P> * Investigates how educators can establish an inquiry-based and reflective classroom<P> * Presents methods to help students engage deeply with their own ideas<P> * Provides student and teacher dialogues, teacher modeling, and graphic organizers<P> * Includes sample assignments, organizational routines, and instructional strategies<P> * Illustrates how readers can build understanding of literary and expository texts<P> * Contains techniques to make classroom discussions productive and safe