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More on Text Complexity – this time in students’ free reading
In my last response to this NPR article, I wrote about the complexity of texts used in the Language Arts classroom. I decided to break my response into two parts when I realized that I had SO MUCH TO SAY that I could basically go through and argue each point line by line. I won’t […]
Text complexity in the Language Arts classroom, a school librarian’s perspective
Last week, NPR published a piece online to accompany an on air piece from All Things Considered regarding text complexity in assigned student reading and the reading students do in their free time. That piece is available here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/06/11/190669029/what-kids-are-reading-in-school-and-out. I would encourage you (against conventional wisdom) to read the comments. While I realize the piece […]
Top 10s: Books I would have like to have seen on the NPR list
Yesterday we talked about the 100 Best Young Adult Books list put together by NPR. Today, I am going to share with you 10 books that I would have liked to have seen on the list and why. Click here to see the Top 100 Young Adult Books on the NPR list Monster by Walter […]
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