Skill plan for Units of Study for Teaching Reading - 7th Grade
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Investigating Characterization
Bend I - A Deep Dive into Perspective
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Attending to Details that Illuminate Perspective
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Attending to Details that Illuminate Perspective
Session 2:  Attending to Minor Characters and How They See the World
Session 2:  Attending to Minor Characters and How They See the World
Session 3:  Figuring Out Point of View—Who Is Telling the Story?
Session 3:  Figuring Out Point of View—Who Is Telling the Story?
Session 4:  Authors Lead Readers to Epiphanies
Session 4:  Authors Lead Readers to Epiphanies
Session 5:  Authors Channel Readers' Sympathy by Controlling Access to Characters' Inner Thinking
Session 5:  Authors Channel Readers' Sympathy by Controlling Access to Characters' Inner Thinking
Session 6:  Distinguishing Simultaneous, Multiple Perspectives
Session 6:  Distinguishing Simultaneous, Multiple Perspectives
Session 7:  Reflecting across the Parts of a Reading Life
Session 7:  Reflecting across the Parts of a Reading Life
Bend II - Author's Craft: Analyzing How Authors Bring Characters to Life
Session 8:  Read-Aloud: Noticing Moments that Give Readers Extra Insight into Characters
Session 8:  Read-Aloud: Noticing Moments that Give Readers Extra Insight into Characters
Session 9:  Analyzing Smaller Moments to Get Even More Insight into Characters
Session 9:  Analyzing Smaller Moments to Get Even More Insight into Characters
Session 10:  Investigating Author's Techniques
Session 10:  Investigating Author's Techniques
Session 11:  Reaching for Precise Words to Describe an Author's Technique
Session 11:  Reaching for Precise Words to Describe an Author's Technique
Session 12:  Read-Aloud: Investigating the Author's Goals, as Well as Techniques
Session 12:  Read-Aloud: Investigating the Author's Goals, as Well as Techniques
Session 13:  Rereading and Revising Initial Thoughts about an Author's Techniques and Goals
Session 13:  Rereading and Revising Initial Thoughts about an Author's Techniques and Goals
Session 14:  "Speed Dating" to Teach Others What You're Learning
Session 14:  "Speed Dating" to Teach Others What You're Learning
Bend III - Investigating Authorial Control
Session 15:  Read-Aloud: Authors Set Readers Up to Develop Intense, Evolving Relationships with Characters
Session 15:  Read-Aloud: Authors Set Readers Up to Develop Intense, Evolving Relationships with Characters
Session 16:  Authors Use Time Shifts to Deepen a Reader's Relationship with a Character
Session 16:  Authors Use Time Shifts to Deepen a Reader's Relationship with a Character
Session 17:  Investigating Verb Tense and Its Relationship to Subtle Shifts in Time
Session 17:  Investigating Verb Tense and Its Relationship to Subtle Shifts in Time
Session 18:  Readers' Experience of Characters Helps Them to Also Explore Themes
Session 18:  Readers' Experience of Characters Helps Them to Also Explore Themes
Session 19:  Moving from Themes to Reinvestigating Authorial Techniques
Session 19:  Moving from Themes to Reinvestigating Authorial Techniques
Session 20-21:  Rehearsing, Producing, and Sharing Video Author Talks: A Final Celebration
Session 20-21:  Rehearsing, Producing, and Sharing Video Author Talks: A Final Celebration
Essential Research Skills for Teens
Bend I - Essential Study Habits—Building Background Knowledge, Taking Lean Notes, and Becoming an Effective Study Partner
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Discerning Explicit and Implicit Ideas in Complex Nonfiction
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Discerning Explicit and Implicit Ideas in Complex Nonfiction
Session 2:  Becoming a Proficient Study Partner
Session 2:  Becoming a Proficient Study Partner
Session 3:  Tapping the Power of Introverts and Extroverts in Collaborative Work
Session 3:  Tapping the Power of Introverts and Extroverts in Collaborative Work
Session 4:  Conceptual Vocabulary Sorts
Session 4:  Conceptual Vocabulary Sorts
Session 5:  Advanced Notebook Work: Synthesis Pages
Session 5:  Advanced Notebook Work: Synthesis Pages
Session 6:  A Workday for Research and Note-Taking with Agency
Session 6:  A Workday for Research and Note-Taking with Agency
Session 7:  Synthesizing Knowledge as Infographics
Session 7:  Synthesizing Knowledge as Infographics
Session 8:  Watercooler Talks: Researchers Share Knowledge
Session 8:  Watercooler Talks: Researchers Share Knowledge
Bend II - Ethical Research Practices and Internet Literacy
Session 9:  Read-Aloud: Discerning Arguments and Disputes inside a Research Topic
Session 9:  Read-Aloud: Discerning Arguments and Disputes inside a Research Topic
Session 10:  Ethical Researchers Confront Their Own Biases
Session 10:  Ethical Researchers Confront Their Own Biases
Session 11:  Studying Mentor Notebooks to Deepen and Personalize Note-Taking
Session 11:  Studying Mentor Notebooks to Deepen and Personalize Note-Taking
Session 12:  Using a Continuum to Track the Fairness of Research
Session 12:  Using a Continuum to Track the Fairness of Research
Session 13:  Studying Connotative Language for Implicit Text Bias
Session 13:  Studying Connotative Language for Implicit Text Bias
Session 14:  Investigating Authorship, Uncovering Agendas, and Critiquing Representation
Session 14:  Investigating Authorship, Uncovering Agendas, and Critiquing Representation
Session 15:  The Non-Neutrality of Search Engines
Session 15:  The Non-Neutrality of Search Engines
Session 16:  Remaining Alert to the Possibilities of Fake News
Session 16:  Remaining Alert to the Possibilities of Fake News
Session 17:  Flash-Debating to Rehearse Preliminary Arguments (and See Counterclaims)
Session 17:  Flash-Debating to Rehearse Preliminary Arguments (and See Counterclaims)
Bend III - From Research to Activism
Session 18:  Read-Aloud: Starting with Mentors: Teen TED Talks
Session 18:  Read-Aloud: Starting with Mentors: Teen TED Talks
Session 19:  Authoring Work Plans and Putting Them into Action
Session 19:  Authoring Work Plans and Putting Them into Action
Session 20:  Raising the Level of Talks
Session 20:  Raising the Level of Talks
Session 21:  Celebrating Content and Reflecting on Opportunities for Transfer
Session 21:  Celebrating Content and Reflecting on Opportunities for Transfer
Historical Fiction Book Clubs
Bend I - Historical Fiction Characters and the Conflicts that Shape Them
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Orienting Oneself to the Story
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Orienting Oneself to the Story
Session 2:  Filling in the Backstory
Session 2:  Filling in the Backstory
Session 3:  Analyzing How Characters Respond to Trouble
Session 3:  Analyzing How Characters Respond to Trouble
Session 4:  Read-Aloud: The Collision of Internal Traits with External Conflict
Session 4:  Read-Aloud: The Collision of Internal Traits with External Conflict
Session 5:  Attending to Minor Characters and Missing Perspectives
Session 5:  Attending to Minor Characters and Missing Perspectives
Session 6:  Looking Back from the End of Stories with New Insights About Themes
Session 6:  Looking Back from the End of Stories with New Insights About Themes
Session 7:  Clubs Analyze Their Progress and Plan Reading Projects
Session 7:  Clubs Analyze Their Progress and Plan Reading Projects
Bend II - Studying an Era
Session 8:  Read-Aloud: Readers Become Students of an Era
Session 8:  Read-Aloud: Readers Become Students of an Era
Session 9:  Reading Outside the Text to Build Up Background Knowledge
Session 9:  Reading Outside the Text to Build Up Background Knowledge
Session 10:  Perspectives Clash with Each Other and with History
Session 10:  Perspectives Clash with Each Other and with History
Session 11:  Reading Differently Because You Have Knowledge of the Era
Session 11:  Reading Differently Because You Have Knowledge of the Era
Session 12:  Learning Truth From Fiction
Session 12:  Learning Truth From Fiction
Session 13:  Clubs Curate Their Work in Reading Projects
Session 13:  Clubs Curate Their Work in Reading Projects
Bend III - Characters and Readers Come of Age
Session 14:  Characters Come of Age
Session 14:  Characters Come of Age
Session 15:  Analyzing Power in the Midst of Conflict
Session 15:  Analyzing Power in the Midst of Conflict
Session 16:  Read-Aloud (Video-Aloud): Change Can Be Complicated
Session 16:  Read-Aloud (Video-Aloud): Change Can Be Complicated
Session 17:  The Past is Always with Us
Session 17:  The Past is Always with Us
Session 18:  Clubs Leave a Legacy
Session 18:  Clubs Leave a Legacy
A Deep Study of Character
Bend I - Considering Complex Character Traits
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Investigating Multiple Character Traits
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Investigating Multiple Character Traits
Session 2:  Readers Revise Their Thinking as They Accumulate Evidence
Session 2:  Readers Revise Their Thinking as They Accumulate Evidence
Session 3:  Developing Courses of Study with a Partner: Book Choices and Thinking Work
Session 3:  Developing Courses of Study with a Partner: Book Choices and Thinking Work
Session 4:  Perceptive Readers Acknowledge the Parts of a Character that Are Less Likable
Session 4:  Perceptive Readers Acknowledge the Parts of a Character that Are Less Likable
Session 5:  Read-Aloud: Some Character Traits Matter More Than Others, Because They Affect the Rest of the Story
Session 5:  Read-Aloud: Some Character Traits Matter More Than Others, Because They Affect the Rest of the Story
Session 6:  Lifting the Level of Your Writing about Reading
Session 6:  Lifting the Level of Your Writing about Reading
Session 7:  Readers Consider the Pressures Acting on Characters
Session 7:  Readers Consider the Pressures Acting on Characters
Session 8:  Readers Reflect (on Their Novels and Their Reading Lives)
Session 8:  Readers Reflect (on Their Novels and Their Reading Lives)
Bend II - Investigating How Setting Shapes Characters
Session 9:  Reading-Aloud: Characters Are Often Shaped by the Mood or Atmosphere of the Setting
Session 9:  Reading-Aloud: Characters Are Often Shaped by the Mood or Atmosphere of the Setting
Session 10:  Readers Attend to the Precise Language Authors Use to Describe the Setting
Session 10:  Readers Attend to the Precise Language Authors Use to Describe the Setting
Session 11:  Sometimes Characters Are Torn by Competing Pressures, Including the Pressures of a Place
Session 11:  Sometimes Characters Are Torn by Competing Pressures, Including the Pressures of a Place
Session 12:  Settings Can Change Over Time, Not Just Physically, but Psychologically
Session 12:  Settings Can Change Over Time, Not Just Physically, but Psychologically
Session 13:  Read-Aloud: Characters Acting as a Group Can Wield Enormous Influence
Session 13:  Read-Aloud: Characters Acting as a Group Can Wield Enormous Influence
Session 14:  Settings Also Change in Time, Often Bringing in Backstory to Develop the Character
Session 14:  Settings Also Change in Time, Often Bringing in Backstory to Develop the Character
Session 15:  Readers Share Their Work and Reflect on Their Challenges and Growth
Session 15:  Readers Share Their Work and Reflect on Their Challenges and Growth
Bend III - Analyzing Characters as Vehicles for Themes
Session 16:  Read-Aloud: Characters' Troubles Become Motifs in a Story
Session 16:  Read-Aloud: Characters' Troubles Become Motifs in a Story
Session 17:  Moving from Motifs to Themes
Session 17:  Moving from Motifs to Themes
Session 18:  Investigating How Symbolism Relates to Themes
Session 18:  Investigating How Symbolism Relates to Themes
Session 19:  Taking Charge of Your Collaborative Reading Life
Session 19:  Taking Charge of Your Collaborative Reading Life
Session 20:  Read-Aloud: Reading Aloud to Support Repertoire and Agency
Session 20:  Read-Aloud: Reading Aloud to Support Repertoire and Agency
Session 21:  Reflection and Agency Centers
Session 21:  Reflection and Agency Centers
Social Issues Book Clubs
Bend I - Studying Characters' Relationships
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Reading for Trouble and Discerning Relationship Issues
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Reading for Trouble and Discerning Relationship Issues
Session 2:  Weighing Character Relationships for the Positive and Negative--in Literature and in Life
Session 2:  Weighing Character Relationships for the Positive and Negative--in Literature and in Life
Session 3:  Noticing How Characters Contribute to Relationship Issues through Actions and Reactions
Session 3:  Noticing How Characters Contribute to Relationship Issues through Actions and Reactions
Session 4:  Club Work that Fuels Reading Plans and Deeper Thoughtful Talk
Session 4:  Club Work that Fuels Reading Plans and Deeper Thoughtful Talk
Session 5:  Read-Aloud: Analyzing How and Why Power Affects Relationships
Session 5:  Read-Aloud: Analyzing How and Why Power Affects Relationships
Session 6:  Studying When Character Traits Collide
Session 6:  Studying When Character Traits Collide
Session 7:  Reflecting on Relationships with Books to Decide on a Future Course of Study
Session 7:  Reflecting on Relationships with Books to Decide on a Future Course of Study
Bend II - Analyzing Group-Related Issues: Considering Power, Perspective, and Tone
Session 8:  Read-Aloud: Thinking about Groups as Sources of Issues
Session 8:  Read-Aloud: Thinking about Groups as Sources of Issues
Session 9:  When People Within a Group Struggle, It's Often Because of Power Imbalances
Session 9:  When People Within a Group Struggle, It's Often Because of Power Imbalances
Session 10:  Using Common Literary Themes to Think More Deeply about Group Issues in a Text
Session 10:  Using Common Literary Themes to Think More Deeply about Group Issues in a Text
Session 11:  The Intersection of Group Identities with Individual Traits
Session 11:  The Intersection of Group Identities with Individual Traits
Session 12:  Read-Aloud: Weighing Positive and Negative Messages in Stories
Session 12:  Read-Aloud: Weighing Positive and Negative Messages in Stories
Session 13:  Investigating When Texts Are Reinforcing and Challenging Assumptions about Groups
Session 13:  Investigating When Texts Are Reinforcing and Challenging Assumptions about Groups
Session 14:  Considering Roles People Can Play When Issues Arise--And Resolving to Be Upstanders
Session 14:  Considering Roles People Can Play When Issues Arise--And Resolving to Be Upstanders
Bend III - Bringing Your Life and Others' Lives to Your Reading
Session 15:  Bringing Yourself, with All Your Complications, to Your Reading
Session 15:  Bringing Yourself, with All Your Complications, to Your Reading
Session 16:  Learning from Our Texts and from One Another
Session 16:  Learning from Our Texts and from One Another
Session 17:  Identifying with Less Likable and Less Admirable Characters
Session 17:  Identifying with Less Likable and Less Admirable Characters
Session 18:  Curating Text Sets and Making Plans to Continue Reading Together
Session 18:  Curating Text Sets and Making Plans to Continue Reading Together
Tapping the Power of Nonfiction
Bend I - Navigating Nonfiction Chapter Books in Book Clubs, with an Emphasis on Discerning Central Ideas
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Reading with Engagement and Fascination Right from the Introduction
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Reading with Engagement and Fascination Right from the Introduction
Session 2:  Generating Questions and Ideas that Spark Rich Club Conversations
Session 2:  Generating Questions and Ideas that Spark Rich Club Conversations
Session 3:  Determining Central Ideas
Session 3:  Determining Central Ideas
Session 4:  Rethinking Initial Ideas
Session 4:  Rethinking Initial Ideas
Session 5:  Learning from the Stories Embedded in Nonfiction Texts
Session 5:  Learning from the Stories Embedded in Nonfiction Texts
Session 6:  Ideas Have Roots: Tracing How Ideas Are Developed across a Text
Session 6:  Ideas Have Roots: Tracing How Ideas Are Developed across a Text
Session 7:  Self-Assessing and Goal-Setting
Session 7:  Self-Assessing and Goal-Setting
Bend II - Investigating Topics with Research Groups, and Synthesizing Across Texts on That Topic
Session 8:  Read-Aloud: Building Up a Bit of Background Knowledge When You Encounter a New Topic
Session 8:  Read-Aloud: Building Up a Bit of Background Knowledge When You Encounter a New Topic
Session 9:  Drawing on All You Know to Tackle New Projects with More Skill
Session 9:  Drawing on All You Know to Tackle New Projects with More Skill
Session 10:  Summarizing Complex Texts
Session 10:  Summarizing Complex Texts
Session 11:  Synthesizing Across Texts
Session 11:  Synthesizing Across Texts
Session 12:  Dealing with Tricky Parts: Reading Outside the Text to Help You Comprehend Inside
Session 12:  Dealing with Tricky Parts: Reading Outside the Text to Help You Comprehend Inside
Session 13:  Getting to Know the Lingo of Your Topic
Session 13:  Getting to Know the Lingo of Your Topic
Session 14:  Readers Don't Wait to Do Their Own Thinking
Session 14:  Readers Don't Wait to Do Their Own Thinking
Session 15:  Developing Carefully Curated Text Sets
Session 15:  Developing Carefully Curated Text Sets
Bend III - Researching a New Topic with More Independence While Helping Students to Read Critically
Session 16:  Launching a New Round of Research Groups with Greater Independence
Session 16:  Launching a New Round of Research Groups with Greater Independence
Session 17:  Inquiry into the Particular Challenges of Online Research
Session 17:  Inquiry into the Particular Challenges of Online Research
Session 18:  Read-Aloud: Determining the Author's Point of View and How It's Advanced
Session 18:  Read-Aloud: Determining the Author's Point of View and How It's Advanced
Session 19:  Dealing with Texts that Contradict Each Other
Session 19:  Dealing with Texts that Contradict Each Other
Session 20:  Crafting TED Talks to Get Others Fascinated by Your Topic
Session 20:  Crafting TED Talks to Get Others Fascinated by Your Topic
Dystopian Book Clubs
Bend I - Reading Dystopia in the Shadow of Literary Traditions
Session 1:  Read Aloud: Letting Genre Guide Your Work
Session 1:  Read Aloud: Letting Genre Guide Your Work
Session 2:  Understanding Character's Responses to Power in a Dystopian World
Session 2:  Understanding Character's Responses to Power in a Dystopian World
Session 3:  Noticing Dystopian Archetypes
Session 3:  Noticing Dystopian Archetypes
Session 4:  Understanding the Complexity of Archetypal Characters
Session 4:  Understanding the Complexity of Archetypal Characters
Session 5:  Thinking About Character's Responses to Systemic Problems
Session 5:  Thinking About Character's Responses to Systemic Problems
Session 6:  Doing More Wondering
Session 6:  Doing More Wondering
Session 7:  Seeking Emerging Symbolism in Dystopian Texts
Session 7:  Seeking Emerging Symbolism in Dystopian Texts
Session 8:  Welcoming Students to the Dystopian Club
Session 8:  Welcoming Students to the Dystopian Club
Bend II - Investigating the Challenges of Series Reading
Session 9:  Figuring Out What Makes Series Reading Complex
Session 9:  Figuring Out What Makes Series Reading Complex
Session 10:  Using Your Notebook to Better Understand a Reading Series
Session 10:  Using Your Notebook to Better Understand a Reading Series
Session 11:  Connecting Scenes Across a Series
Session 11:  Connecting Scenes Across a Series
Session 12:  Understanding the Pressures and Motivations that Lead to Character Change
Session 12:  Understanding the Pressures and Motivations that Lead to Character Change
Session 13:  Studying How the Meaning of Symbols Can Shift Across Series
Session 13:  Studying How the Meaning of Symbols Can Shift Across Series
Session 14:  Celebrating Thinking with a Gallery Walk
Session 14:  Celebrating Thinking with a Gallery Walk
Bend III - Bridging the World and Dystopian Novels
Session 15:  Understanding What Dystopian Fiction Reveals about Our World
Session 15:  Understanding What Dystopian Fiction Reveals about Our World
Session 16:  Considering Connections between Dystopian Worlds and Our Own Society
Session 16:  Considering Connections between Dystopian Worlds and Our Own Society
Session 17:  Read-Aloud: Supporting Transfer and Independence
Session 17:  Read-Aloud: Supporting Transfer and Independence
Session 18:  Thinking about How Symbols Move between Dystopian Worlds and Our Own Society
Session 18:  Thinking about How Symbols Move between Dystopian Worlds and Our Own Society
Session 19:  Celebrating Growth, Inspiration, and Empowerment
Session 19:  Celebrating Growth, Inspiration, and Empowerment
Literary Nonfiction
Bend I - Embracing Complexity
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Reading for Central Ideas, Themes, and Issues
Session 1:  Read-Aloud: Reading for Central Ideas, Themes, and Issues
Session 2:  Expecting Complexity: Finding Multiple Central Ideas within Key Sections
Session 2:  Expecting Complexity: Finding Multiple Central Ideas within Key Sections
Session 3:  Developing Note-Taking Systems to Track Complicated Thinking
Session 3:  Developing Note-Taking Systems to Track Complicated Thinking
Session 4:  Read Aloud: Flexibility Activating Your Narrative and Information Schemas to Deepen Comprehension
Session 4:  Read Aloud: Flexibility Activating Your Narrative and Information Schemas to Deepen Comprehension
Session 5:  Perspectives, Positions, and Reasoning in Informational Text? You Bet!
Session 5:  Perspectives, Positions, and Reasoning in Informational Text? You Bet!
Session 6:  Reflecting on Reading Identities, Writing about Reading, and Partner Work
Session 6:  Reflecting on Reading Identities, Writing about Reading, and Partner Work
Bend II - Making Connections
Session 7:  Read Aloud: Expecting that Parts Connect, Even if at First They Seem Unrelated
Session 7:  Read Aloud: Expecting that Parts Connect, Even if at First They Seem Unrelated
Session 8:  Analyzing Descriptive Passages Closely to Learn about Embedded Ideas, Themes, and Issues
Session 8:  Analyzing Descriptive Passages Closely to Learn about Embedded Ideas, Themes, and Issues
Session 9:  Recognizing Complex Causes and Effects
Session 9:  Recognizing Complex Causes and Effects
Session 10:  Innovating Systems to Notice and Track Related Parts
Session 10:  Innovating Systems to Notice and Track Related Parts
Session 11:  A Writing about Reading Seminar Workshop
Session 11:  A Writing about Reading Seminar Workshop
Session 12:  Read Aloud: Rereading, a Simple Tool for Handling Complexity
Session 12:  Read Aloud: Rereading, a Simple Tool for Handling Complexity
Session 13:  Understanding When You're Not Understanding, and Looking Inside and Outside the Text for Help
Session 13:  Understanding When You're Not Understanding, and Looking Inside and Outside the Text for Help
Session 14:  Bringing the Lenses of Other Disciplines to Bear on Your Reading
Session 14:  Bringing the Lenses of Other Disciplines to Bear on Your Reading
Session 15:  An Idea Showcase: Exploring Issues and Subtopics that Extend across Texts and Time Periods
Session 15:  An Idea Showcase: Exploring Issues and Subtopics that Extend across Texts and Time Periods
Bend III - Beyond Print: Transferring Literary Nonfiction Skills to Digital and Hybrid Media
Session 16:  Getting to Know Other Formats of Literary Nonfiction through Inquiry Centers
Session 16:  Getting to Know Other Formats of Literary Nonfiction through Inquiry Centers
Session 17:  Harnessing Your Literary Nonfiction Skills and Innovating to Tackle New Formats
Session 17:  Harnessing Your Literary Nonfiction Skills and Innovating to Tackle New Formats
Session 18:  Drawing on All You Know to Study Documentaries, with a Special Emphasis on Craft
Session 18:  Drawing on All You Know to Study Documentaries, with a Special Emphasis on Craft
Session 19:  Reading for Bias: Considering Heard and Missing Perspectives and Voices
Session 19:  Reading for Bias: Considering Heard and Missing Perspectives and Voices
Session 20:  Creating Digital Text Recommendation to Share a Powerful Text with Others
Session 20:  Creating Digital Text Recommendation to Share a Powerful Text with Others
Critical Literacy: Unlocking Contemporary Fiction
Bend 1 - Diving Into Textual and Emotional Complexity
Session 1:  Seeking and Reading Reviews to Deepen Understanding
Session 1:  Seeking and Reading Reviews to Deepen Understanding
Session 2:  Read Aloud: Being Alert to Mirrors and Windows, Even While Losing Oneself in a Novel
Session 2:  Read Aloud: Being Alert to Mirrors and Windows, Even While Losing Oneself in a Novel
Session 3:  Turning Readers' Identities into Interpretive Lenses
Session 3:  Turning Readers' Identities into Interpretive Lenses
Session 4:  Read Aloud: Analytic Summaries for Complicated Narratives
Session 4:  Read Aloud: Analytic Summaries for Complicated Narratives
Session 5:  Personalizing Writing about Reading and Reading Response
Session 5:  Personalizing Writing about Reading and Reading Response
Session 6:  Readers Look Deeper into Part that at First Seem Obscure
Session 6:  Readers Look Deeper into Part that at First Seem Obscure
Session 7:  Readers Reflect, Set Goals, and Promote Their Novels
Session 7:  Readers Reflect, Set Goals, and Promote Their Novels
Bend 2 - Critical Literacy Lenses to Investigate Power
Session 8:  Digital Read Aloud: Mapping Power across the Narrative
Session 8:  Digital Read Aloud: Mapping Power across the Narrative
Session 9:  Attending to Subtle Power Interactions and Microaggressions
Session 9:  Attending to Subtle Power Interactions and Microaggressions
Session 10:  Analyzing Code-Switching to Negotiate Power
Session 10:  Analyzing Code-Switching to Negotiate Power
Session 11:  Clubs Harness the Power of Introverts and Extroverts
Session 11:  Clubs Harness the Power of Introverts and Extroverts
Session 12:  Digital Read-Aloud: Investigating the Power Exerted by Gender Norms
Session 12:  Digital Read-Aloud: Investigating the Power Exerted by Gender Norms
Session 13:  Exploring the Power Exerted by Coinciding and Conflicting Pressures
Session 13:  Exploring the Power Exerted by Coinciding and Conflicting Pressures
Session 14:  Negotiating Utter Powerlessness: Moments of Tragedy and Coming-of-Age Experiences
Session 14:  Negotiating Utter Powerlessness: Moments of Tragedy and Coming-of-Age Experiences
Session 15:  Repertoire Read-Aloud
Session 15:  Repertoire Read-Aloud
Session 16:  Meaningful Reflection about Reading, Our Lives, and What Really Matters
Session 16:  Meaningful Reflection about Reading, Our Lives, and What Really Matters
Bend 3 - Taking a Stance: Advocating for Contemporary Literature
Session 17:  Digital Read-Aloud: Speaking About Books with Passion and Insight
Session 17:  Digital Read-Aloud: Speaking About Books with Passion and Insight
Session 18:  Returning to Parts of a Text
Session 18:  Returning to Parts of a Text
Session 19:  Working With Autonomy to Raise the Level of Performances
Session 19:  Working With Autonomy to Raise the Level of Performances
Session 20:  Book Slams! Recommending and Advocating for Contemporary Literature
Session 20:  Book Slams! Recommending and Advocating for Contemporary Literature
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