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Teaching For Deep Comprehension: A Reading Workshop Approach

As interest in reading comprehension instruction and research has grown, so have the number of professional books available on how to teach this elusive phenomenon called reading comprehension. The book Dorn and Soffos have given us occupies a special niche in that market by skillfully balancing three key emphases: grounding instruction in comprehension theory and research, detailing the steps teachers and students go through in acquiring strategies to assist comprehension, and describing how to integrate comprehension instruction into everyday reading lessons.P. David Pearson, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of California, BerkeleyLinda Dorn and Carla Soffos describe the process of comprehension as a reflection of the minda window into the readers thoughts. In Teaching for Deep Comprehension they discuss comprehension from a socio-cognitive perspectivespecifically, how teachers can use the social context of reading workshop to promote deep comprehension. The book is framed around three guiding questions:Can comprehension be taught?How does a model become a barrier to comprehension?When does a tool become the reason for reading?Linda and Carla mesh complex theories of comprehension with everyday practical examples in such a way as to help teachers develop a better understanding of what it means to comprehend while reading. The books appendix contains a wealth of reproducible materials, including text maps, graphic organizers, book lists, and resource charts. Supporting the text is a DVD containing eighty-five minutes of video from a first-grade reading workshop (shared reading, author studies, share time), an adult book discussion, a fourth-grade reading workshop (mini-lesson and literature discussion groups), and other settings.

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