Deeper Reading,   ISBN:9781571103840

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I was so surprised at the number of ideas in this book that could be adapted to the lower grades! Gallagher is such a gifted writer--this would be an enlightening read for anyone involved in teaching and motivating young readers. I loved the idea of second-draft reading! Students have the idea that once is enough and this is far from beneficial if we want readers to extract deeper meaning. He includes student samples along with many lesson ideas. There are even some activities for the reader to do to get an actual feel what you will be asking your students will do. He shows the difference between assigning and teaching. Well done!

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For the novice teacher and experienced teacher alike, this book is a must if you are serious about teaching reading. After reviewing the text online, I immediately went out and bought it, although I should have bought two since mine is always being borrowed! Gallagher shares not just the how of the strategies but the why, which makes you more likely to try them with your students. Clear examples and an easy-to-follow style make it a quick read, and a book to which you will often refer.

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Mr. Gallagher captures your interest with his style of writing that makes reading this book easy. He provides a great amount of strategies to try in the classroom. Overall his ideas to improve student comprehension while reading were fun to read. I would recommend this book for any teacher looking for ideas to improve reading comprehension with their students.

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I am in the third year of teaching Reading Workshop.
This book is Fantastic!!
I am reading it for a class I am taking, and each chapter that I am assigned to read is CHOCK FULL of things I can take and put into place in my classroom right away.
I would HIGHLY recommend this book.
It is very reader/user friendly.
If you are looking for ways for kids to connect more with what they read...this book is a must have.

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I read this book last summer and then implemented the strategies when school started. The real challenge came when I started my sophomore classes on the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles. We started reading it right after Thanksgiving and finished the book and literary analysis papers by the end of school in May. At first, my students thought the book was written in a foreign language because it sounded so strange to them. They hated the book and wanted nothing to do with it. By using all the techniques in Deeper Reading, the students came to really enjoy the book. When we finished reading the book in April, each student wrote a literary analysis on the book. I can honestly say that my students did not find it very difficult to write these papers because we had read, re-read, and thoroughly discussed the book for months. When they discussed the book with me or their peers, they sounded more like college students than economically disadvantaged 10th grade students with immigrant backgrounds. The part that was the hardest for me was slowing down to allow students time for mastery of the book, but just as the students adjusted to the book, I adjusted to the idea that we would only read one novel at a very deep level during the school year. By the last 5 chapters, the students could read the book independently, but we always had our class discussions before and after reading. By the last third of the novel, their understanding of the book was incredible. Many students confided that they had never really read a class novel before. All of the students were very proud of their achievement. This is an excellent book for any secondary teacher that wants to teach books beyond what the students could read by themselves.