Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading Jan Teorell as well as anyone with

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Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading Jan Teorell as well as anyone withGrasping the meaning of a text enables K 8 students to appreciate its language and structure through close reading, which in turn leads to deeper comprehension. This book explains the relationship between comprehension and close reading and offers step by step guidelines for teaching both of these key elements of literacy. Reproducible lessons are shared for eight engaging texts (excerpts from fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), complete with discussion