outlines an interpretive method to improve close reading, a process that shows students how to develop commentary beyond the plot, strategies used by top performing students on national exams.
guides students to examine key details as they read each page of the text with questions regarding key literary elements: setting, character, tone, atmosphere, point of view, plot, and dialogue
identifies significant passages throughout the text that develop key thematic patterns-providing sample prompts that appear on standardized exams.
provides footnotes for historical and literary context.
provides samples of annotated pages for plot and fort heme.
includes a glossary of challenging vocabulary.
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