Knee to Knee, Eye to Eye: Circling in on Comprehension

by Ardith Davis Cole

Imagine this:
First graders analyzing texts, critiquing ideas, debating points, and making connections. Third graders sharing analogies between slaves' lives in the 1800s and their own. Fifth graders synthesizing elements of foreshadowing before the term is even mentioned.

This is what literature conversations are all about. And this is what Ardith Cole writes about in this book, a comprehensive, inspiring guide to the art and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325004943
• ISBN13: 9780325004945
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Teach your students how to discuss literature

My students conversations about literature were many times disappointing. Then I realized that they don't know how to discuss literature. Not only had they never been taught how to do it, I was clueless about how to teach them to do it. This book demonstrates a step-by-step process for teaching students how to have conversations about literature. I know lots of teachers who are using it and seeing enhanced comprehension in their students. Highly recommended.