More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension

1. Rethinking Reading Comprehension and Instruction

2. How This Book is Organized          

Comprehension Lesson Strands

Lesson Strand 1: Getting Beyond Traditional Responses to Literature

1. 1 Drawing as a Response to Literature          .

1. 2 Literary Dinner Party            

1. 3 Multimodal Responses to Literature          .

1. 4 Constructing Literary Board Games          

1. 5 Expanding Reader’s Theatre           

1. 6 Multigenre Responses to Literature          

1. 7 Dear Charlotte             

1. 8 Investigating Response Through Powerpoint        

Lesson Strand 2: Expanding Interpretive Repertoires

2. 1 What Is Noticed, What Is Known          

2. 2 Structured Coding: Speech Bubbles          .

2. 3 Structured Coding: Four Prompts          

2. 4 Moving Beyond the Literal           

2. 5 Paratextual Resources            

2. 6 Insider–Outsider Perspectives with Picturebooks       

2. 7 Book Scene Investigation (BSI)          

2. 8 Dual Storyboards             .

Lesson Strand 3: Reconsidering Teacher Talk and Classroom Interactions

3. 1 Setting Expectations for Discussions          .

3. 2 Literary Discussion Goldfish Bowl          

3. 3 Platforming: Putting Ideas on the Table         

3. 4 Uptake: Taking Up from What Has Been Offered        .

3. 5 Display, Procedural, Process, and Inquiry Questions       

3. 6 He Said, She Said, I Think           

3. 7 Critical Junctures             

3. 8 Dialogue Blockers             

Lesson Strand 4: Reading Across Genres

4. 1 My Genres Box             

4. 2 Analyzing Genres             

4. 3 Analyzing Realistic Fiction           

4. 4 Reading Multigenre Picturebooks          

4. 5 Approaching Historical Fiction           .

4. 6 Analyzing Advertisements           

4. 7 Reading Magazines            

4. 8 Reading Biographies            

Lesson Strand 5: Comprehending Novels and Extended Texts

5. 1 Booktalks              

5. 2 Reflecting on Coding Patterns           

5. 3 Literary Gossip             

5. 4 Comparing Book Covers            .

5. 5 Insiders and Outsiders with Novels          

5. 6 Intertextual Influences            

5. 7 Character Evolution            

5. 8 Quotable Quotes             

Lesson Strand 6: Critical Reading in the Social Sciences

6. 1 Approaching Primary Source Documents         

6. 2 Examining Primary Source Document Photographs       

6. 3 Analyzing and Creating Expository Texts         

6. 4 Analyzing Historical Fiction           

6. 5 Reading for Debates About Historical Events        

6. 6 Student Think-Aloud Clubs           

6. 7 Think-Aloud Comparisons           

6. 8 What Is NOT in the Book?           

Lesson Strand 7: Comprehending Visual Images

7. 1 Approaching a Multimodal Text          

7. 2 Basic Elements of Visual Design          

7. 3 Considering Borders            

7. 4 Signifying Importance            

7. 5 Image Zones              .

7. 6 Modality              

7. 7 Perspective and Viewing Distance          

7. 8 Artistic Styles             

Lesson Strand 8: Interpreting Texts Through Literary Theories

8. 1 Archetypes in Literature  &