About this Book

Long advocates of frequent, voluminous reading in schools, the authors draw on evidence gathered in 20 years of classroom teaching to make the case for reading workshop more powerful than ever. The book establishes the top ten conditions for making engaged classroom reading possible for students at all levels and provides the practical support and structures necessary for achieving them.

2015 Global Teacher Prize winner Nancie Atwell shares strategies for helping students become skilled, passionate, habitual, and critical readers.

KEY FEATURES:

• Discusses the real meaning of close reading, collaborative, and literary discussions
• Focuses on teacher-student reading conferences
• Provides an emphasis on the content-rich nature of fiction
• Links to expert-tip videos

New chapters included:

• Writing About Reading
• Literary Discussion
• In Defense of Fiction