outlines an interpretive method to improve close reading, a process that shows students how to develop commentary beyond the plot, strategies used by top performing students on national exams.
guides students to examine key details as they read each page of the text with questions regarding key literary elements: setting, character, tone, atmosphere, point of view, plot, and dialogue
identifies significant passages throughout the text that develop key thematic patterns-providing sample prompts that appear on standardized exams.
provides footnotes for historical and literary context.
provides samples of annotated pages for plot and fort heme.
includes a glossary of challenging vocabulary.
ABOUT THE SERIES EDITOR
Michael Degen, Ph.D., has been teaching A P English for over thirty years, primarily at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. He has served as a College Board consultant and workshop presenter nationally and throughout Texas, where he has provided instructional guidance to over 50 school districts. He is the author of Crafting Expository Argument, Prospero’s Magic, and Virginia Woolf: A Contribution to the Essay Form. His most recent book is co-authored with his former student and colleague lan Berry- The English Coach’s Instructional Playbook: Teaching Strategies Informed by Neuroscience, Athletics, and Psychology.
