11 June

Inference: Unlocking the Prison Door to Close Reading Strategies

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories AP®/IB, Blog, Core Literature, Reading Closely, Style, Tone
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Dear Dr. D’, My 10th grade American Literature students just don’t get it. I mean, when they are reading a fictional piece or a non-fictional piece, they don’t know how to infer. They don’t know how to look deeper into …

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08 May

“There Are Years That Ask Questions and Years That Answer”: How to Improve Commentary Through the WOW Sheets

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories AP®/IB, Blog, Commentary, JSWP Advanced, Style, Tone
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Dear Dr. D’, The confusion I’m having now that you might be able to help me with has to do with how deep to have [my students] go on the WOW sheet in the bubbles. Some students seem to write …

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