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Author

Thomas Newkirk

Publisher

Publication Date

2012

Pages

224

ISBN13

9780325037318

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The Art of Slow Reading: Six Time-Honored Practices for Engagement

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This important book rests on a simple but powerful belief that good readers practice the art of paying attention. Building on memoir, research, and many examples of classroom practice, Thomas Newkirk, recuperates six time-honored practices of reading – performance, memorization, centering, problem-finding, reading like a writer, and elaboration – to help readers engage in thoughtful, attentive reading.

The Art of Slow Reading provides preservice and inservice teachers with concrete practices that for millennia have promoted real depth in reading. It will show how these practices enhance the reading of a variety of texts, from Fantastic Mr. Fox to The Great Gatsby to letters from the IRS.

Just as slow reading is essential for real comprehension, it is also clearly crucial to the deep pleasure we take in reading for the way we savor texts and for the power of reading to change us.

Grade level: 4th to 12th

Additional information

Author

Thomas Newkirk

Publisher

Publication Date

2012

Pages

224

ISBN13

9780325037318

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