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

Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. The authors explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning. With an array of methods and assignments to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based and reflective classroom, you'll encourage students to find meaning and cultivate thinking from even the most challenging expository texts. Comprehension Occurs Through Text-Based Analysis and Discussion Chapter 1: Readers and Why Both Are Necessary for Understanding Chapter 2: Gateway to Text-Based Analysis and Discussion Chapter 3: Analyzing and Discussion Narrative Texts Chapter 4: Analyzing and Discussion Expository Texts Chapter 5: Analyzing and Discussing New-Media Texts