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"As we consider ways to evaluate our instructional materials, it will be helpful to think of how your discipline conceptualizes close reading, intertextuality, reading multiple times, and scaffolding learners' comprehension. "(71)

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One way I could help my students make connections, compare and contrast, and evaluate ideas across multiple readings is through selecting two texts that demonstrate a central theme. (70)For example, I could assign F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby and short story Winter Dreams to analyze the central theme. To combine print and non-print, I could show the 1920s film Modern Times to present another story commenting on the idea of the American dream.

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goal: match level of the text to the reading level of the student
how to: "administer 1 or 2 informal tests" and through "the use of readability formulas"

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*me if my student was excited about having a low reading level*

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*me if my student was excited about having a low reading level*

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using readability formulas can help me make appropriate selections of materials to prevent a response like this:

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"Qualitative factors are more difficult to determine and include such elements as prior knowledge of the reader, organization of the text, and student interest." (76)

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"Qualitative factors are more difficult to determine and include such elements as prior knowledge of the reader, organization of the text, and student interest." (76)

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"Readability formulas must be used in combination with other qualitative considerations in order to develop a comprehensive approach to the evaluation of instructional materials." (82)

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In the film The Little Prince, the little girl spends countless hours studying textbooks and doing homework. She discovers learning apart from textbooks when she meets an old man who lives next door. Textbooks are not the villain of the story, but the main character discovers another form of writing, in which she studies and learns from. The old man offers guided instruction to help the girl comprehend the stories.

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The Little Prince Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Marion Cotillard, Jeff Bridges Animated Movie HD