Shades of meaning : comprehension and interpretation in middle school / Donna Santman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santman, Donna.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Middle school).

Physical Description:

xix, 153 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2005]

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"In this guide, veteran middle school teacher Donna Santman shows you how to teach readers the skills and strategies of comprehension and interpretation within the framework of a reading workshop. Shades of Meaning takes you through Santman's own rigorous workshop, describing the teaching that allows students to stretch and empower their imaginations."--Jacket.

Contents:

Imagination

Reading workshop: a place to cultivate imagination

Real assessments of reading: finding a direction for my teaching

Making reading matter: strengthening our relationships to books

Getting it: learning to attend to more of the text

Figuring it out: making inferences

Making more of the text: creating interpretations

Finding gray: developing justifiable interpretations

Turning hope into action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-139) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Santman, Donna. Shades of meaning.

ISBN:

0325006644

9780325006642

OCLC:

56834812