May 24, 2013

Weekend Round-Up August 11

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Monday

What is the Opposite of Complex? (Part 1)

This blog post presents a four-quadrant grid for considering text complexity and simplicity, and the ways text level is related to student engagement and interest.

Tuesday

What is the Opposite of Complex? (Part 2)

In this post, we look more closely at the students’ view of complex text and begin to envision how to employ various teaching structures to bridge the gap and make seemingly irrelevant or complex text more accessible to students.

Wednesday

What is the Opposite of Complex? (Part 3)

In this post, we look again at making complex text more accessible to readers by working with text sets and re-purposing text for use in a variety of teaching structures.

Thursday

Our Top Ten Tips for Writing Partners

This post is for anybody in any field that collaborates on the writing process. It offers our top ten tips for making a writing partnership efficient and successful.

Friday

Friday Favorites: Top Ten Picture Books that Develop Agency

Because we’ve been thinking about text sets, we refer you today back to our post about picture books that develop agency.

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