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A Book Is a Present: Selecting Text for Intentional Teaching
A Book Is a Present Selecting Text for Intentional Teaching Author:Margaret E. Mooney A Book Is a Present is the second in a special series by Margaret Mooney devoted to intentional teaching. This book focuses on what K-12 teachers should consider when choosing any type of reading materialnot just booksfor instructional purposes. Mooney emphasizes that students should learn not to just cope with reading but to take ... more »ownership and read literally, analytically, and inferentially a wide variety of books, articles, stories, advertisements, and anything else they may encounter in and out of the classroom. The selection of appropriate material is crucial. Teachers should think first about their students abilities and then consider the features of the texts and they way they will present it. To do this successfully, teachers need to understand the complexities, challenges, and supports of any text. From the Introduction: " knowing how to determine a texts complexity and how to select the most appropriate resources is critical. The premise underpinning this publication is that we can only make informed choices about which resources to use and how to present it when we know what the selection offers . Knowing how to consider the textual and illustrative features of a book enables the teacher to identify those that would encourage application of strategies and skills that are secure within each learner, those that would offer practice of skills and those that would present an achievable challenge."« less