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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Close Reading, A Love Story | |
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| What Close Reading Was, Is, and Can Be | |
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| What You Will Find in This Book | |
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| Teaching Within a Close Reading Ritual to Build Independence | |
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| Falling in Love with Close Reading | |
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| The Essence of Understanding: A Study of Text Evidence | |
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| The Tools of the Trade: Getting Ready to Close Read for Text Evidence | |
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| Standards and Close Reading for Text Evidence | |
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| Closely Reading Media: Engage Students Through Popular Songs and Text Evidence | |
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| More Than Just "Because": Closely Reading Narrative Texts to Analyze Evidence and Meaning | |
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| The Facts We Choose to Tell: Modifying the Lesson to Analyze Text Evidence in Informational Texts | |
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| Next Steps: Extensions and Support for Close Reading of Text Evidence | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Extra Support | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Advanced Work | |
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| Closely Reading Life: Looking at Specific Details in Our Lives | |
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| A Way with Words: A Study of Word Choice | |
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| The Tools of the Trade: Getting Ready to Close Read for Word Choice | |
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| Standards and Close Reading for Word Choice | |
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| Closely Reading Media: Engage Students Through Television Ads and Word Choice | |
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| "Macroscopic" vs. "Really Big": Closely Reading Informational Texts to Analyze Word Choice and Tone | |
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| "You Look Fine, Honey": Modifying This Lesson to Analyze Word Choice in Narrative Texts | |
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| Next Steps: Extensions and Support for Close Reading of Word Choice | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Extra Support | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Advanced Work | |
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| Closely Reading Life: Looking at Word Choice in Our Lives | |
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| If You Build It: A Study of Structure | |
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| The Tools of the Trade: Getting Ready to Close Read for Structure | |
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| Describing Organizational Choices | |
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| Describing the Purpose of Structural Choices | |
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| Standards and Close Reading for Structure | |
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| Closely Reading Media: Engage Students Through Video Games and Structure | |
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| How the Pieces Fit Together: Closely Reading Narrative Texts to Analyze Structure and Theme | |
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| Making the Invisible Visible: Modifying the Lesson to Analyze Structure in Informational Texts | |
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| Next Steps: Extensions and Support for Close Reading of Structure | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Extra Support | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Advanced Work | |
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| Closely Reading Life: Looking at Structure in Our Lives | |
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| Through Your Eyes: A Study of Point of View and Argument | |
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| The Tools of the Trade: Getting Ready to Close Read for Point of View and Argument | |
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| Closely Reading Media: Engage Students Through Evaluating Arguments in Political Commentary | |
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| Standards and Close Reading for Point of View and Argument | |
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| But It Seemed So Innocent! Closely Reading Informational Texts to Analyze Point of View and Argument | |
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| From Every Angle: Modifying This Lesson to Analyze Point of View and Argument in Narrative Texts | |
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| Next Steps: Extensions and Support for Close Reading of Point of View and Argument | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Extra Support | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Advanced Work | |
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| Closely Reading Life: Looking at Point of View and Argument in Our Lives | |
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| The Family Tree: Closely Reading Across Texts | |
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| Tools of the Trade: Getting Ready to Close Read Across Texts | |
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| Standards and Close Reading for Reading Across Texts | |
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| Closely Reading Media: Engage Students Through Comparing Sitcoms | |
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| "Stop Me If You Heard This One Before": Closely Reading Across Narrative Texts | |
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| There Is No I in Team: Modifying This Lesson to Closely Read Across Informational Texts | |
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| Next Steps: Extensions and Support for Close Reading Across Texts | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Extra Support | |
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| Additional Lessons for Providing Advanced Work | |
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| Closely Reading Life: Looking Across Texts in Our Lives | |
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| I Believe in You: A Vision of Independence | |
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| Putting It All Together: Allowing a Text to Guide Our Reading | |
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| Keeping the Love Alive: Preparing for Your Close Readers | |
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| Unconditional Love: An Endnote | |
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| Appendix | |
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| References | |